disordered

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɔɹdɚd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɔːdəd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: dis‧or‧dered

Verb

disordered

1. simple past and past participle of disorder

Adjective

disordered (comparative more disordered, superlative most disordered)

1. Chaotic; without clear order; in a state of disorder.
2. (of a sequence) in an incorrect or unexpected order.
3. Deranged.
   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

     The frenzy which had unsettled the mind of the hermit was by him communicated to his hearers who, sinking into a trance, fell easy victims to the fearful visions of a disordered mind.

4. Having a medical disorder.

   a disordered gambler

Derived terms

• adjustment disordered
• alcohol use disordered
• antisocial personality disordered
• anxiety-disordered
• attention deficit hyperactivity disordered
• autism spectrum disordered
• avoidant personality disordered
• bipolar disordered
• body dysmorphic disordered
• borderline personality disordered
• cannabis use disordered
• conduct-disordered
• dependent personality disordered
• disorderedly
• disordered money behavior
• disorderedness
• dissociative identity disordered
• gambling disordered
• gaming disordered
• generalized anxiety disordered
• histrionic personality disordered
• major depressive disordered
• multiple personality disordered
• narcissistic personality disordered
• neurodevelopmental disordered
• nondisordered
• obsessive-compulsive disordered
• obsessive-compulsive personality disordered
• oppositional defiant disordered
• panic-disordered
• paranoid personality disordered
• personality disordered
• post-traumatic stress disordered
• predisordered
• quasidisordered
• schizoaffective disordered
• schizoid personality disordered
• schizotypal personality disordered
• separation anxiety disordered
• social anxiety disordered
• substance use disordered
• undisordered

Related terms

• disorderly
• eating-disordered
• mental-disordered, mentally disordered
• ordered

Translations

chaotic

• Belarusian: бязла́дны (be) (bjazládny), неўпарадкаваны (njewparadkavany)
• Bulgarian: разбъркан (bg) (razbărkan), неподреден (bg) (nepodreden)
• Dutch: onoverzichtelijk (nl), chaotisch (nl), wanordelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: malorda
• French: désordonné (fr)
• German: durcheinander (de)
• Greek: ακατάστατος (el) (akatástatos)
• Hindi: अव्यवस्थित (hi) (avyavasthit), असंगठित (asaṅgṭhit), अस्त-व्यस्त (ast-vyast)
• Latin: inconditus
• Māori: pōkīkī, tūrangaranga, tīraurau, hahohaho, pūaweawe
• Polish: bezładny (pl)
• Russian: беспоря́дочный (ru) (besporjádočnyj), неупоря́доченный (ru) (neuporjádočennyj)
• Spanish: desordenado (es)
• Ukrainian: безла́дний (uk) (bezládnyj), невпорядко́ваний (nevporjadkóvanyj)

deranged or having a mental disorder

• Spanish: trastornado (es)