Meaning of disorderly in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˌdɪsˈɔrdərli/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   disorderly

   Definitions

   1. in utter disorder

   Examples

   • « a disorderly pile of clothes »

   Synonyms

   • untidy
2. 2. completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing

   Synonyms

   • wild

3. Qualitative Adjective

   disorderly

   Definitions

   1. undisciplined and unruly

   Examples

   • « disorderly youths »
   • « disorderly conduct »

   Synonyms

   • boisterous
   • rambunctious
   • robustious
   • rumbustious
   • unruly
   • brawling
   • fighting
   • mobbish
   • moblike
   • raucous
   • rowdy
   • rough-and-tumble
   • bare-knuckle
   • bare-knuckled

   Antonyms

   • orderly