disordered

1. 1.

   thrown into a state of disarray or confusion

   “troops fleeing in broken ranks”

   “a confused mass of papers on the desk”

   “the small disordered room”

   “with everything so upset”

   Synonymsbrokenconfusedupset

   Similardisorganized
2. 2.

   lacking orderly continuity

   “a confused set of instructions”

   “a confused dream about the end of the world”

   “disconnected fragments of a story”

   “scattered thoughts”

   Synonymsconfuseddisconnecteddisjointedgarbledillogicalscatteredunconnected

   Similarincoherent
3. 3.

   not arranged in order

   Synonymsunordered

   Antonymsordered

Questions about disordered

What does disordered mean?

disordered means "thrown into a state of disarray or confusion". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disordered?

disordered has 3 syllables: disor-de-red. The stress falls on "de". In IPA it is /dɪˈsɔɹdɚd/.

What is another word for disordered?

Close synonyms include broken, confused, upset, confused, disconnected. 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.

What is the opposite of disordered?

The recorded antonyms are ordered.

Is disordered a common word?

disordered 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.