disordered Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
    perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
    • She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
  2. verb bring disorder to
    disarray; disorder.
  3. adjective satellite thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
    broken; upset; confused.
    • troops fleeing in broken ranks
    • a confused mass of papers on the desk
    • the small disordered room
    • with everything so upset
  4. adjective satellite lacking orderly continuity
    disconnected; garbled; scattered; confused; disjointed; unconnected; illogical.
    • a confused set of instructions
    • a confused dream about the end of the world
    • disconnected fragments of a story
    • scattered thoughts
  5. adjective not arranged in order
    unordered.

WordNet


Dis*or"dered adjective
Definitions
  1. Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment.
  2. Disorderly. Obs. Shak. -- Dis*or"dered*ly, adv. -- Dis*or"dered*ness, n.

Webster 1913