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Definition of disarray :
1. Confused attire; undress.
2. To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
3. To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
4. Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
Synonyms:
discombobulation, disquiet, disorderedness, murkiness, muddiness, roughness, cloudiness, rowdyism, sloppiness, muss, tumble, trouble, mix-up, muddle, unhinge, perturb, snafu, distract, wateriness, jumble, order, scramble, topsy-turviness, mental confusion, cark, rowdiness, confusedness
disorder (part of speech: noun)
frenzy, indistinctness, anarchy, obscurity, study at confusion, perturbation, derangement, turmoil, disintegration, shapelessness, disorder, inchoateness, amorphousness, lawlessness, confusion, entropy, formlessness, disarrangement, inexactness, commotion, inconsistency, chaos, deformity, anarchism, dishevel, fuzziness, clutter, irregularity, laxity, unevenness, indefiniteness, muddlement, disorganization, disconnectedness, looseness, incoherence, discomposure, messiness, tumult, insanity, mess, upset, disorderliness
Usage examples:
- Though in evident disarray it, however, exhibited fewer signs of the strange, long- past agitation. - "The Boarded-Up House", Augusta Huiell Seaman.
- Smooth face tinted by the firelight, copper hair almost dishevelled in its disarray, she was an exquisitely lovely thing. - "Then I'll Come Back to You", Larry Evans.
- It is a rich confusion of social self- congratulation and bodily disarray. - "The Wisdom of Father Brown", G. K. Chesterton.