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commotion, clamour, turbulence, turmoil, turbulence, violence,
bedlam, free-for-all, rumpus, brouhaha, fracas, affray, fray,
brawl, Donnybrook, scuffle, fight, mˆl‚e or melee, battle royal,
battle, civil disorder, breach of the peace, Colloq Brit
kerfuffle or carfuffle or kurfuffle, Slang Brit bovver: The
army had to be called out to quell the disorder. 3 ailment,
illness, sickness, affliction, malady, affection, complaint,
disease: The doctors diagnosed it as a liver disorder.
--v. 4 upset, disarrange, muddle, confuse, confound, unsettle,
disorganize, discompose, shake up, disturb, mix (up), befuddle,
jumble, scramble, tangle, snarl: You obscure the sense when you
disorder the words.
disorderly
adj. 1 confused, chaotic, scrambled, muddled, disordered,
irregular, untidy, messy, messed-up, disarranged, disorganized,
unorganized, jumbled, cluttered, haphazard, in disarray,
pell-mell, helter-skelter, Colloq topsy-turvy,
higgledy-piggledy: The books lay about in disorderly array. 2
unruly, uncontrolled, undisciplined, ungoverned, disobedient,
mutinous, rebellious, lawless, obstreperous, refractory,
turbulent, violent, tumultuous, unrestrained, boisterous, noisy,
rowdy, wild; unmanageable, ungovernable, uncontrollable,
intractable: He was charged with being drunk and disorderly.
disorientated
n. confused, bewildered, lost, adrift, (all) at sea, mixed up,
uncertain, unsure, insecure, disoriented, Colloq out of it, in a
fog, Brit off (the) beam, US off the beam: I left by another
door and was completely disorientated for a moment.
disparage v. 1 belittle, diminish, depreciate, devalue or devaluate,
cheapen, talk down, discredit, dishonour, decry, demean,
criticize, denigrate, deprecate, derogate, underrate,
undervalue, downgrade, reduce, minimize: She keeps making
remarks that disparage her husband. 2 run down, slander, libel,
defame, traduce, malign, backbite, vilify, insult, stab in the
back, US back-stab; Colloq poor mouth; Slang US and Canadian
bad-mouth: A loving person never disparages others.
disparity n. difference, discrepancy, gap, inequality, unevenness,
imbalance, dissimilarity, contrast, imparity, inconsistency,