disarranged

Put out of order

Disarranged means thrown into disorder or put out of proper arrangement.

Hair becomes disarranged by wind, papers by careless handling, plans by unexpected events.

The word suggests something was once orderly and is now not: Her usually neat desk was completely disarranged.

Less common than similar words like disordered or disheveled.

cluttered

littered

Scattered with debris

heaped · jumbled · crowded · chaotic · topsy-turvy · helter-skelter · higgledy-piggledy · unsorted · unorganized · cluttered

disordered

disorder

Absence of organization

shuffled · mixed-up · out-of-place · displaced · misplaced · upset · unsettled · disturbed · dislocated · shifted

disheveled

unkempt

Untidy in appearance

ruffled · bedraggled · messy · sloppy · untidy · windswept · frowzy · matted · tangled · uncombed

Categories
Opposites
order and organization

disarrangedarranged

Put into order

ordered · organized · neat · tidy · orderly

Family

disarrange, disarrangement, disarranging, disarranges

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G