Disarray

Definition: Disarray

Disarray

Noun

1. A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior.

2. Untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance).

Verb

1. Bring disorder to.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "disarray" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references)

Multilingual Slang

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Synonyms: Disarray

Disorder

Noun: disorder; derangement; irregularity; anomaly; (unconformity); anarchy, anarchism; want of method; untidiness; Adjective: disunion; discord. confusion; confusedness; Adjective: mishmash, mix; disarray, jumble, huddle, litter, lumber; cahotage; farrago; mess, mash, muddle, muss, hash, hodgepodge; hotch-potch, hotch-pot; imbroglio, chaos, omnium gatherum, medley; mere mixture; fortuitous concourse of atoms, disjecta membra, rudis indigestaque moles.

Crosswords: Disarray

Books

• Beauty in Disarray (reference)

• Communist States In Disarray 1971 (reference)

• Objects on a Table : Harmonious Disarray in Art and Literature (reference)

• Public opinion and contemporary disarray (reference)

• Sloth: Ode to Disarray & Delay (Sin series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Disarray (reference)

• Disarray [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Upon those chairs in disarray, among those flowers which are withering, under those extinguished lights, there have been thoughts or joy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Children

Ukraine

Education is free, universal, and compulsory until the age of 15; however, the public education system has deteriorated as a result of the Government's financial disarray. (references)

Pakistan

The education system is in disarray, with studies showing that only 65 to 70 percent of children under the age of 12 are enrolled in school, less than half of whom actually complete primary school. (references)

Economic History

Democratic Republic of Congo

Government finances had not been put in order and relations with the IMF and World Bank were in disarray. (references)

Political Economy

France

Disarray among center-right parties, the lack of a clearly defined alternative to the center-left policies of the current government, and unanswered questions about Chirac's role in scandals dating back several years limit the opposition's and Chirac's attitude. (references)

Political Rights

Lesotho

The Commission stated that the documentation was in such disarray that it could not prove that fraud had not occurred. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "disarray": be in disarray ♦ coefficient of disarray. Additional references.

Albanian

druajtje (diffidence, dismay, nervousness, shyness), zhvesh (bare, defoliate, denude, dismantle, disrobe, divest, doff, Hull, lay off, remove, scutch, shed, strip, strip naked, unclothe, undress), rrëmujë (alarm, bustle, clutter, disorder, disturbance, dust, farrago, hash, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, huddle, hugger mugger, jumble, litter, mess, mix up, moil, muss, pandemonium, pell mell, pie, pother, roistering, snafu, tangle, topsy turvy, topsy-turvydom, tumble, upheaval, upset, welter), hutoj (abash, baffle, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, dash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, disorient, disorientate, distract, floor, flummox, mystify, overwhelm, perplex, pose, puzzle, wilder), çrregulloj (confuse, derange, disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disturb, downgrade, mess, rumple, tumble, upset), çrregullim (bewilderment, clutter, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, dislocation, disorder, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, excess, foul up, hugger mugger, mess, misrule, mix, muddle, muss, turmoil, upset). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فوضى (anarchy, chaos, clatter, clutter, commotion, confusion, disorder, hugger mugger, jumble, lawlessness, litter, mess, misrule, mix up, muddle, muss, rumpus, shambles, topsy turvy, turmoil, welter), ‏مبعثرة, ‏تشويش (derangement, disarrangement, dislocation, disruption, disturbance, garble, perturbation), ‏جرده من ملابسه (unclothe). (various references)

Bulgarian 

събличам (disrobe, divest, doff, pull off, remove, strip, take off, throw off, unclothe, undress, unrobe), разбутвам (rake up, throw about), обръщам в бягство (put to flight), безредие (anarchy, clutter, disorder, embroilment, imbroglio, misrule, negligence, pandemonium, pell mell, untidiness), безпорядък (disorder, disorganization, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, litter, misrule, moil, muck, muddle). (various references)

Chinese 

混乱 (Chaotic, Clamorous, Confusion, Disordered, disorganise, disorganised, Disorganize, Disorganized, Disorganizing, mess, Muddle, Muddled, Muddling, ravel). (various references)

Czech

zmatek (anarchy, bewilderment, chaos, circus, clutter, confusion, disorder, disturbance, embroilment, fluster, hash, hodge-podge, jumble, maze, mess up, mix up, moil, muddle, Mull, nonplus, non-plus, pandemonium, perplexity, perturbation, puzzlement, shambles, stew, tangle, tempest, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, turnup, upset, welter), udìlat nepořádek (make a mess), pozdvižení, přeházet (shuffle), nepořádek (disarrangement, disorder, mess, messiness, tumble, untidiness). (various references)

Danish

koefficient for manglende orden (coefficient of disarray). (various references)

Dutch

rangcorrelatiecoëfficiënt (coefficient of disarray). (various references)

Farsi 

اغتشاش (Anarchy, Commotion, Rummage, Sedition, Turbulence), درهم وبرهمی (Clutter, Mash, Misrule, Muss, Welter), بی نظمی (Anarchy, Disorder, Irregularity). (various references)

Finnish

epäjärjestys (confusion, disorder, mess). (various references)

French

désordre (disorder, disturbance), désarroi (distemper), enlever les vêtements, en désordre (dishevelled, disorderly), confusion (discord, disorder, distraction). (various references)

German

in Unordnung bringen (confuse, puzzle). (various references)

Greek 

σύγχυση (bewilderment, clutter, confusion, discomfiture, discomposure, disorientation, embroilment, fogginess, hugger mugger, mix up, muss, perplexity, tumble, welter), αταξία (ataxia, clutter, confusion, disaray, disorder, irregularity, mess, mischief, mischievousness, naughtiness, prank, shenanighan, wildness). (various references)

Hebrew 

לסתור (contradict, destroy, dishevel, invalidate, oppose, rebut, refute, upset), אי ס�"ר (chaos, disorder, litter, mess, turmoil, untidiness). (various references)

Hungarian

rendetlenség (dinginess, disorder, hugger-mugger, litter, mess, messiness, mess-up, mix-up, muss, picnic, shambles, tumble, turbulence, untidiness), zűrzavar (anarchism, babel, chaos, cock-up, commotion, derangement, disorder, hassle, hubbub, huddle, hugger-mugger, hurly-burly, melee, mess-up, mix, mix-up, pandemonium, panic, picnic, screw-up, shambles, skein, stew, tangled skein, upturn). (various references)

Indonesian

ngacir (helter), kekacauan (anarchy, chaos, clutter, disarrangement, disorder, disorganazation, disruption). (various references)

Italian

disordine (confusion, disorder, disorderliness, disturbance, helter-skelter, intemperance, mess, muddle, untidiness, upset), scompiglio (chaos, confusion, hurly burly, mess, muddle), scompigliare (confuse, dishevel, mess up, muddle up, ruffle, upset). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

� "狂 (in disarray, wild), � っ� "狂 (harum-scarum, hysteric, in disarray, wild), 濫立 (coming forth in great number, standing in disarray). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すっと�"きょう (harum-scarum, hysteric, in disarray, wild), ら�"りつ (coming forth in great number, flood, standing in disarray), と�"きょう (in disarray, wild). (various references)

Manx

roagh, mee-oardagh (derangement), cur meeoardagh er, cur fud y cheilley (bemuse, confuse, derange, disorganization, disorganize, embarrass, jumble, litter, maze, perturb, puzzle, subvert; dislocation, tangle). (various references)

Pig Latin

isarrayday.(various references)

Portuguese

despir (beggar, denudate, disrobe, divest, doff, put off, remove, strip, unclothe, undress, unlace, unrobe), desorganizar (disarrange, dislocate, disorganize, overset, translocate, upset), desordem (affray, clutter, confusion, disarrangement, discomposure, donnybrook, fray, huddle, hugger-mugger, hurry-scurry, jumble, litter, mess, misrule, muddle, mush, muss, pandemonium, pell-mell, perturbation, riot, rough-and-tumble, rout, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, scuffle, stir, topsy-turvy, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, untidiness, uproar, upset), deslinho, desbaratar (hammer, repulse, rout, smite), transtornar (derange, discompose, distune, incommode, unhinge, unsettle, upset), perturbar (agitate, break, cloud, commove, confound, confuse, depolarise, derange, disquiet, disturb, faze, flurry, fluster, harass, incommode, mess, overturn, perturb, pother, pull down, puzzle, ruffle, shake, throw-out, toss, trouble, unbalance, unhinge, unsettle, upset), confusão (baffle, bedlam, bother, bungle, clutter, confusion, daze, discomfiture, discomposure, disturbance, donnybrook, embroilment, entanglement, fog, foul-up, fuddle, intricacy, involution, involvement, jumble, kettle of fish, labyrinth, macaroni, maze, medley, mess, mind-breaker, mingle-mangle, mishmash, misrule, mix, mix-up, moil, muddle, mull, muss, olio, pandemonium, pell-mell, perplexity, perturbation, pother, puddle, puzzle, ravel, rough-and-tumble, rout, shuffle, skein, to-do, tumble, turbidity, turmoil), confundir (addle, astonish, astound, baffle, befog, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, confusing, confute, daze, dazzle, disconcert, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, flabbergast, floor, flummox, flurry, fluster, fog, gravel, interfuse, intermingle, jumble, maze, mistake, mix up, moider, muddle, muddy, mull, nonplus, obfuscate, obscure, overwhelm, perplex, put out, puzzle, rattle, ravel, stagger). (various references)

Romanian

dezorganiza (demoralize, disorganize, disturb), dezordine (clutter, confusion, disarrangement, disorder, disturbance, disturbances, glory-hole, havoc, hubbub, huddle, hugger mugger, litter, mess, misrule, motley, riot, riots, rough, rout, topsy turvy, tumble, upset, welter), dezbrãca (disrobe, Harry, Peel, strip, take off, throw off, undress), despuia (denude, despoil, shear, skin, strip, undress), face dezordine (clutter, rummage), amestec (admixture, blend, composite, compound, concoction, connection, crossing, farrago, fusion, hash, hotchpotch, huddle, interference, intermixture, intervening, jumble, mash, medley, mixture, muddle, olio, omnium gatherum, palaver). (various references)

Russian 

нарушать порядок/ неупорядоченность, замешательство (abashment, apalment, appalment, bewilderment, blue fear, blue funk, embarrassment, nonplus, pause, perplexity, puzzlement), беспорядок (bewilderment, box-up, chaos, clutter, confusion, disorder, disorganization, huddle, hugger mugger, litter, mess, messroom, misrule, mix, muss, pell mell, tangle, tumble, turbulence, turmoil, untidiness, upset), приводить в беспорядок (clutter, derange, disarrange, foul up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zbrka (bungle, confusion, fuddle, helter-skelter, hugger mugger, imbroglio, jumble, macaronics, maze, mess, mishmash, muddle, muss, omnium gatherum, pell mell, welter), nered (clatter, disarrangement, disorder, disorganization, mess, muddle, snafu, trouble, tumble), napraviti nered. (various references)

Spanish

desarreglar (derange, disarrange, disorder, mess up, muss, tumble). (various references)

Swedish

oreda (confusion, disarrangement, disorder, disorganization, distraction, disturbance, embroilment, hurry-scurry, mess, muddle, Ravel, shambles, tangle), oordning (chaos, commotion, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disorder, disturbance, mess, tangle, upset), bringa i oordning (confound, confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disrupt, perturb, put out of order). (various references)

Turkish

dağınıklık (clutter, cock up, diffusiveness, disarrangement, disorganization, dispersion, litter, untidiness, waywardness), düzensizlik (disarrangement, disharmony, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, hugger mugger, huggermugger, inequality, irregularity, looseness, muss, untidiness, waywardness), kargaşaya itmek, kargaşa (anarchism, anarchy, Babel, broil, chaos, coil, commotion, confusion, disorder, disturbance, earthquake, grab bag, hurly burly, moil, muss, pell mell, pellmell, rag bag, riot, rough and tumble, roughhouse, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shemozzle, snarl, sound and fury, squall, storm, tailspin, tempest, tumult, turbulence, uproar, welter), karıştırmak (add, admix, amalgamate, blend, churn, commingle, commix, complicate, concoct, confound, confuse, darken, diffuse, disarrange, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, disturb, embroil, entangle, ferret about, foul, foul up, hash, implicate, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, involve, inweave, jumble, jumble together, jumble up, knot, litter, make hay of smth., meld, mess, mess smth. about, mess up, mingle, mistake, mix, mix up, monkey around with, monkey with, muddle, muss, pick, poke, poke up, Ravel, ruffle, scramble, scramble together, scramble up, shuffle, snarl, stir, stir up, tamper with, tangle, tousle, trim, tumble, unsettle, weave), bozmak (abash, abolish, adulterate, affect, alloy, annihilate, annul, baffle, ball up, barbarize, bedevil, blemish, botch, break, break down, break off, break on, bugger, bugger up, bust, cash, change, circumvent, confound, confuse, contaminate, corrupt, cross, damage, debase, debauch, decay, declare off, deface, defile, destroy, deteriorate, disappoint, discolor, discolour, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, discountenance, dislocate, dismount, disorder, disrupt, dissolve, distort, disturb, downgrade, emasculate, embarrass, embroil, exchange, explode, fluff, foil, foul, foul up, fumble, garble, goof, goof up, gum up, Harry, impair, indispose, infect, infringe, lead astray, leaven, mangle, Mar, mess, murder, muss, mutilate, obliterate, pervert, pollute, put out, put out of action, put to shame, quash, queer, rattle, reverse, rot, ruffle, ruin, scotch, scupper, shatter, sour, spoil, stymie, taint, thwart, tousle, tumble, undo, unmake, upset, violate, vitiate, whittle away, whittle down, whittle off, wreck). (various references)

Ukrainian

розлад (concision, derangement, disunity, frustration, malady, quarrel), роздягати (dismantle, disrobe, divest, strip, unclothe, undress), бентежити (abash, affront, bewilder, confound, confuse, damp, dank, daunt, discomfit, disconcert, discourage, dismay, disorder, embarrass, embrangle, flummox, muddle, overset, perplex, perturb, puddle, puzzle, upturn). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự xáo trộn (tampering), sự lộn xộn (chaos, confusedness, devil, messiness, riot, shemozzle, untidiness). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "disarray": disarrayed, disarraying, disarrays. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Disarray" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: diarray, disaray, disarry, Dispray, dissaray, dissarray, Ducorroy, Dusary, Pisarro. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: arrays, radars, sardar, sirdar, yairds.

-3 letters: arias, arras, array, arris, dairy, daisy, diary, drays, radar, raias, raids, rayas, sayid, sirra, yaird, yards, yirds, yirrs.

-4 letters: aids, airs, airy, aria, arid, dais, days, dray, drys, rads, raia, raid, raya, rays, rias, rids, ryas, sadi, said, sard, sari, yard, yids, yird, yirr.

-5 letters: aas, ads, aid.

+1 letter: disarrays.

+2 letters: disarrayed, dysarthria.

+3 letters: disarraying, dysarthrias.

+4 letters: bradycardias, parathyroids.

+5 letters: achlorhydrias, synarthrodial.