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noun

  1. Physical confusion

    disarray, confusion, jumble, shambles; see confusion 2.

  2. Social confusion

    disturbance, tumult, uproar, bustle, discord, turbulence, misrule, turmoil, upheaval, complication, chaos, mayhem, terrorism, rioting, mob rule, anarchy, anarchism, lawlessness, disorderliness, rowdiness, imbroglio, entanglement, commotion, agitation, insurrection, revolution, rebellion, strike, disorganization, riot, state of violence, reign of terror, mobocracy, ochlocracy, tangled skein, ruckus*; see also disturbance 2, trouble 2.

    Antonyms order*, peace, tranquility.

  3. An illness

    ailment, sickness, malady, dysfunction; see disease. See syn. study at confusion.

See disorder in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun
  1. A lack of order or regular arrangement:

    chaos, clutter, confusedness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, jumble, mess, mix-up, muddle, muss, scramble, topsy-turviness, tumble. (Slang) snafu. See order
  2. A lack of civil order or peace:

    anarchy, lawlessness, misrule. See order, peace
  3. An interruption of regular procedure or of public peace:

    agitation, commotion, disturbance, helter-skelter, stir1, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar. (Informal) flap, to-do. See calm, order
  4. A pathological condition of mind or body:

    ailment, complaint, disease, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness. See health
  5. The condition of being sick:

    affliction, illness, indisposition, infirmity, sickness. See health
verb
  1. To put out of proper order:

    derange, disarrange, disarray, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess up, mix up, muddle, tumble, unsettle, upset. See order
  2. To put into total disorder:

    ball up, confuse, jumble, mess up, muddle, scramble, snarl2. (Slang) snafu. Idiom: play havoc with. See order
  3. To put (the hair or clothes) into a state of disarray:

    disarrange, dishevel, mess (up), muss (up), rumple, tousle. See order
  4. To disturb the health or physiological functioning of:

    derange, turn, unsettle, upset. See health

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