disorder
Lack of arrangement
Disorder is a lack of order—things out of place, systems not functioning properly, or conditions deviating from normal.
A room in disorder is messy; civil disorder is public unrest.
In medicine, disorder names conditions that disrupt normal function: anxiety disorder, eating disorder, sleep disorder.
The verb means to disturb arrangement or health: The news disordered his thoughts.
Untidy collection of items
- disarrayLack of order
- jumbleConfused disorderly collection
- tangleTwisted mass of strands
- muddleDisordered, bewildered state
shambles · disorganization · untidiness · dishevelment · scattered · heap · pile · hodgepodge
Disorder impairing normal function
- illnessState of poor health
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
- conditionState or stipulation
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
pathology · ailment · affliction · malady · infection · chronic · acute · symptoms
Violent disturbance or confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- unrestState of public disturbance
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
mayhem · havoc · commotion · tumult · disturbance · riot · confusion · disruption
Persistent apprehensive distress
- depressionProlonged low state
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
OCD · ADHD · autism · psychosis · dementia · neurosis · mania · paranoia
Defiance of established power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
sedition · riot · unrest · protest · resistance · dissent · revolution · insurgency
clutter
Untidy collection of items
muddle · shambles · disorganization · untidiness · dishevelment · scattered · heap · pile · hodgepodge · mishmash
disease
Disorder impairing normal function
diagnosis · pathology · ailment · affliction · malady · infection · chronic · acute · symptoms · treatment
turmoil
Violent disturbance or confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- unrestState of public disturbance
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
bedlam · mayhem · havoc · commotion · tumult · disturbance · riot · confusion · disruption · instability
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- depressionProlonged low state
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
PTSD · OCD · ADHD · autism · psychosis · dementia · neurosis · mania · paranoia · delusion
rebellion
Defiance of established power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
mutiny · sedition · riot · unrest · protest · resistance · dissent · revolution · insurgency · coup
- clutterclutter, junk, mess, stuff, debris
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- DIS- wordsdisagree, disallow, disbelieve, disapprove, disarray
- deviancedeviance, perversion, perversity, aberration, abnormality
- entropyrandomness, dissipation, irreversibility, thermodynamics, microstates
- lawlessnessanarchy, chaos, lawbreaking, crime, criminality
disorderorder
Methodical arrangement or request
organization · tidiness · neatness · orderliness · system
- psychological disorderCondition impairing mental function
- psychiatric disorderDiagnosable condition affecting mind
- bipolar disordersConditions causing extreme mood shifts
- attention deficit disorderNeurological focus impairment condition
- multiple personality disorderCondition with alternate identities
- eating disordersPsychological conditions disrupting nutrition