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disorder Definition

dis·or·der (dis ôr′dər)

noun

  1. a lack of order; confusion; jumble
  2. a breach of public peace; riot
  3. a disregard of system; irregularity
  4. an upset of normal function; ailment

Etymology: prob. < Fr désordre

transitive verb

  1. to throw into disorder; disarrange
  2. to upset the normal functions or health of
disorder Synonyms

disorder

n.

  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.

disorder Synonyms

disorder

v.

disarrange, clutter, scatter; see confuse, disorganize.

disorder Usage Examples

Object

  • offender: Rogers, R. & Webster, C. ( 1989 ) Assessing treatability in mentally disordered offenders.

Converse of object

  • eat: Looking for ways to support people with eating disorders in East Suffolk.
  • inherit: Sometimes mutations in the mitochondrial genome lead to inherited disorders.
  • bleed: There are also a number of related bleeding disorders where there are other factor deficiencies that are much rarer than hemophilia.
  • generalize: Effect of anti-anxiety drugs in patients with generalized anxiety disorder, with Dr. David Baldwin.
  • clot: Attending this clinic is a consultant hematologist, Dr. Beverley Hunt, who has extensive experience in blood clotting disorders.

Adjective modifier

  • bipolar: Someone close to me has bipolar disorder - what should I do?
  • autistic: Can children with autistic spectrum disorders perceive affect in music?
  • psychiatric: The psychiatrist found no evidence of depression, psychiatric disorder, dementia or impaired decision making capacity.
  • neurological: Speech difficulties Speech difficulties: How is speech affected in people with neurological disorders?
  • mental: You see Lucy has a mental disorder due to a severe car accident.
  • musculoskeletal: Musculoskeletal disorders affecting physiotherapists are of international academic interest.

Modifies a noun

  • subafter: Disorder subafter parity two approaches gave the methods section.
  • subbefore: Women living in worse mental health disorder subbefore parity so what can.

Noun used with modifier

  • personality: These include five related to personality disorder in a new joint program with the Home Office.
  • anxiety: In my practice, I specialize in anxiety disorders.
  • hyperactivity: There is ample evidence that a deficiency of DHA is associated with depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and dementia.
  • spectrum: Can children with autistic spectrum disorders perceive affect in music?
  • panic: I suffer from fibromyalgia, severe depression ( bi-polar ) and panic disorder.
  • deficit: This is Who for the attention deficit disorder generation.
disorder Quotes

The doctor found, when she was dead, Her last disorder mortal.

—Goldsmith, Oliver

A sweet disorder in the dress 400 Kindles in clothes a wantonness: A lawn about the shoulders thrown Into a fine distraction† A careless shoe-string, in whose tie I see a wild civility: Do more bewitch me, than when Art Is too precise in every part.

—Herrick, Robert