disarray

1. 1.

   bring disorder to

   Synonymsdisorder

   Broaderchange

   Narrowermessperturbdisarrangescramble

Other forms of disarray

plural

disarrays·

past tense

disarrayed·

present participle

disarraying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about disarray

What does disarray mean?

disarray means "a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disarray?

disarray has 3 syllables: dis-ar-ray. The stress falls on "ray". In IPA it is /ˌdɪsɚˈeɪ/.

What is another word for disarray?

Close synonyms include confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disorderliness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disarray a common word?

disarray is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with disarray?

16 words rhyme with disarray. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.