disorderliness
State of disarray
Disorderliness is the state of being disordered or unruly.
A room shows disorderliness when clothes and papers are strewn about.
A crowd shows disorderliness when it refuses to follow rules or disperse: The protesters were arrested for disorderliness.
The word covers both physical mess and behavioral unruliness.
Confused disorderly collection
- pileupSequential vehicular collision
- heapJumbled collection of items
- pileAccumulated mass of objects
- accumulationCollected mass over time
hodgepodge · mishmash · agglomeration · congestion · mess · debris · junk · bric-a-brac
State of being baffled
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- muddleDisordered, bewildered state
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
- perplexityMental state of confusion
discombobulation · disarray · tangle · snarl · mix-up · jumble · scramble · entanglement
Lack of order
- sloppinessLack of neatness
- dishevelmentDisordered, messy appearance
- disarrayLack of order
- unkemptnessLack of grooming
scruffiness · slovenliness · shabbiness · grubbiness · squalor · filth · grime · dirt
Disorder from absent authority
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- mayhemViolent disorder and destruction
havoc · tumult · upheaval · riot · lawlessness · disruption · frenzy · commotion
jumble
Confused disorderly collection
accumulation · hodgepodge · mishmash · agglomeration · congestion · mess · debris · junk · bric-a-brac · odds and ends
bewilderment
State of being baffled
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- muddleDisordered, bewildered state
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
perplexity · discombobulation · disarray · tangle · snarl · mix-up · jumble · scramble · entanglement · complication
untidiness
Lack of order
- sloppinessLack of neatness
- dishevelmentDisordered, messy appearance
- disarrayLack of order
unkemptness · scruffiness · slovenliness · shabbiness · grubbiness · squalor · filth · grime · dirt · stains
anarchy
Disorder from absent authority
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
mayhem · havoc · tumult · upheaval · riot · lawlessness · disruption · frenzy · commotion · uproar
disheveled
Untidy in appearance
scruffy · bedraggled · mussy · frowzy · slovenly · ragged · scraggly · wrinkled · windswept · messy
- sloppinessmessiness, untidiness, dishevelment, slovenliness, unkemptness
- unrulinessmisbehavior, misconduct, disobedience, defiance, insubordination
- thuggerybullying, intimidation, strong-arming, menacing, threatening
disorderlinesstidiness
State of being neat
orderliness · neatness · organization · order · cleanliness
disorderlinessorder
Methodical arrangement or request
system · orderliness · structure · method · pattern
disorderlinessdiscipline
Trained self-control or specialty
orderliness · obedience · compliance · lawfulness · decorum
order, disorder, orderly, disorderly, disordered, reorder, orderliness, reordering, disorders