DISARRAY
Dictionary entry overview: What does disarray mean?
• DISARRAY (noun)
The noun DISARRAY has 2 senses:
1. a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
2. untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)
Familiarity information: DISARRAY used as a noun is rare.
• DISARRAY (verb)
The verb DISARRAY has 1 sense:
1. bring disorder to
Familiarity information: DISARRAY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISARRAY (noun)
Meaning:
A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
confusedness; disarray; mental confusion; confusion; muddiness
Context example:
a confusion of impressions
Hypernyms ("disarray" is a kind of...):
cognitive state; state of mind (the state of a person's cognitive processes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disarray"):
disorientation (confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction)
perplexity (trouble or confusion resulting from complexity)
bafflement; befuddlement; bemusement; bewilderment; mystification; obfuscation; puzzlement (confusion resulting from failure to understand)
jamais vu (the experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar; associated with certain types of epilepsy)
half-cock (confusion resulting from lack of preparation)
daze; fog; haze (confusion characterized by lack of clarity)
distraction (mental turmoil)
Meaning:
Untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
disarray; disorderliness
Hypernyms ("disarray" is a kind of...):
messiness; untidiness (the trait of being untidy and messy)
• DISARRAY (verb)
Meaning:
Bring disorder to
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
disarray; disorder
Hypernyms (to "disarray" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disarray"):
mess; mess up (make a mess of or create disorder in)
derange; perturb; throw out of kilter (throw into great confusion or disorder)
disarrange (disturb the arrangement of)
jumble; scramble; throw together (bring into random order)
Sentence frames:
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