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Meaning of disorderly in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions
  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

Famous quotes

  • « We judged that a sudden, disorderly failure of Bear would have brought with it unpredictable but severe consequences for the functioning of the broader financial system and the broader economy, with lower equity prices, further downward pressure on home values, and less access to credit for companies and households. »
    Timothy Geithner

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