disarraying
Throwing into disorder
Disarraying is throwing something into disorder or confusion.
The word applies to physical arrangements—The wind kept disarraying her hair—and to abstract systems: The scandal was disarraying the party's campaign strategy.
Less common than its noun and adjective forms, disarray and disarrayed.
Distribution in many directions
- jumblingMixing into disorder
- dishevelingMaking untidy or disordered
- touslingDisordering hair playfully
- rumplingCreating wrinkles by handling
mussing · shuffling · strewing · disordering · tangling · cluttering · upending · overturning
Making untidy or disordered
- touslingDisordering hair playfully
- rumplingCreating wrinkles by handling
- mussingMaking disorderly
- rufflingDisrupting a smooth surface
untucking · loosening · creasing · wrinkling · crumpling · windswept · unkempt · bedraggled
Interfering with normal function
- disorganizingDestroying orderly arrangement
- confusingCausing mental uncertainty
- muddlingConfusedly mixing up
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
derailing · upsetting · destabilizing · fragmenting · scattering · dismantling · unraveling · breaking
Distribution in many directions
- routingPath selection process
- dispersingSpreading widely apart
- breakingComing apart suddenly
- disruptingInterfering with normal function
flanking · ambushing · fragmenting · separating · dividing · confusing · panicking · retreating
scattering
Distribution in many directions
- jumblingMixing into disorder
- dishevelingMaking untidy or disordered
- touslingDisordering hair playfully
rumpling · mussing · shuffling · strewing · disordering · tangling · cluttering · upending · overturning · tumbling
disheveling
Making untidy or disordered
ruffling · untucking · loosening · creasing · wrinkling · crumpling · windswept · unkempt · bedraggled · untidy
disrupting
Interfering with normal function
- disorganizingDestroying orderly arrangement
- confusingCausing mental uncertainty
- muddlingConfusedly mixing up
scrambling · derailing · upsetting · destabilizing · fragmenting · scattering · dismantling · unraveling · breaking · dissolving
scattering
Distribution in many directions
- routingPath selection process
- dispersingSpreading widely apart
- breakingComing apart suddenly
disrupting · flanking · ambushing · fragmenting · separating · dividing · confusing · panicking · retreating · fleeing
disarrayingarraying
Placing in sequence
ordering · arranging · organizing · tidying · straightening
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