disorder
[noun]
Synonyms:
- untidiness, chaos, clutter, confusion, disarray, jumble, mess, muddle, shambles
- disturbance, commotion, riot, turmoil, unrest, unruliness, uproar
- illness, affliction, ailment, complaint, disease, malady, sickness

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Antonyms: order
Contrasted words: orderliness, pattern, plan, arrange, marshal, methodize, organize, systematize, align, array, line, line up, range, adjust, fix, regulate
Related Idioms: make hay of
Related Words: anomie, agitation, commotion, convulsion, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, upheaval, ball up, embroil, dishevel, rumple

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English Thesaurus: illness, disease, infection, condition, problem, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

dis‧or‧der /dɪsˈɔːdə $ -ˈɔːrdər/ noun
[Word Family: noun: order ≠ disorder, ordering; adjective: ordered ≠ disordered, orderly ≠ disorderly; verb: order]

1. [countable] medical a mental or physical illness which prevents part of your body from working properly
a disorder of the brain/liver/digestive system etc
He suffers from a rare disorder of the liver.
a stomach/lung/heart etc disorder
a mental/psychiatric disorder
people with mental disorders
severe eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia

2. [uncountable] a situation in which a lot of people behave in an uncontrolled, noisy, or violent way in public
civil/public/crowd disorder
A number of stadiums were closed because of crowd disorder.

3. [uncountable] a situation in which things or people are very untidy or disorganized Antonym : order
in/into disorder
Everything was in disorder, but nothing seemed to be missing.
His whole system was thrown into disorder.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

disorder
noun
I. untidy state
ADJ. complete
VERB + DISORDER throw sth into The country was thrown into disorder by the strikes.
PREP. in ~ He died suddenly, leaving his financial affairs in complete disorder.
PHRASES a state of disorder

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

disorder
II. violent behaviour
ADJ. major, serious | widespread | violent | civil, crowd, public, social | political
QUANT. outbreak There have been outbreaks of serious public disorder.
VERB + DISORDER create, lead to | quell Troops were sent in to quell the disorder.
prevent new restrictions aimed at preventing social disorder

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

disorder
III. illness
ADJ. serious, severe | chronic | common, rare | genetic, inherited | blood, brain, etc. | circulatory, eating, etc. Anorexia is a common eating disorder.
behavioural, emotional, mental, nervous, personality, physical, psychiatric, psychological
VERB + DISORDER have, suffer from She suffers from a rare blood disorder.
treat
DISORDER + VERB affect sth disorders affecting the very old, such as senile dementia
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[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

disorder

a genetic disorder (=caused by a gene from your parents)
Progeria is a genetic disorder which accelerates ageing.
a mental/psychiatric/psychological disorder (=affecting the mind)
He was diagnosed with a severe psychiatric disorder.
a blood/brain/liver etc disorder
She suffers from a rare brain disorder.
an eating disorder (=in which someone stops eating a normal amount of food)
Eating disorders can be very difficult to treat.
a personality disorder (=that stops someone behaving in a normal way)
The study suggested that 84% of prisoners have a personality disorder.
a common/rare disorder
Acne is a very common skin disorder.
have a disorder
The singer admitted she had an eating disorder.
suffer from a disorder
People who are suffering from psychological disorders often fail to get treatment.
develop a disorder
Women are 30% more likely to develop the disorder than men.
treat a disorder
The drug is used to treat lung disorders.
a disorder affects somebody/something
Many genetic disorders affect only girls or only boys.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

illness something wrong with your health which makes you feel ill:
Her husband was in hospital for six months with a serious illness.
disease a particular illness, especially one that spreads to other people easily or that affects one part of your body:
childhood diseases such as measles and chickenpox
heart disease
infection an illness that is caused by bacteria or a virus:
His cough got worse and worse and became a chest infection.
condition a health problem that affects you permanently or for a long time:
a medical condition such as asthma
a heart condition
problem [usually after a noun] something that is wrong with a particular part of your body or your health in general:
a serious back problem
health problems
trouble [singular, only after a noun] illness or pain that affects a particular part of your body:
I’ve had a bit of stomach trouble.
disorder formal an illness that prevents a particular organ of your body from working properly, or affects the way you behave:
a liver disorder
a blood disorder
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder.
bug informal an illness that spreads to other people very easily but that is not very serious:
There’s a bug going round at school and a lot of the children are absent.
a flu bug
complaint medical an illness that affects a particular part of your body, especially one that is not very serious – used by doctors:
a minor skin complaint
Deakin suffers from a back complaint called arachnoiditis.
ailment /ˈeɪlmənt/ formal an illness that affects a particular part of your body, especially one that is not serious:
People often go to their doctor about relatively minor ailments.
The ointment is used to treat ailments such as small wounds and insect bites.
sickness the state of being ill, especially when it stops you working:
absence from work due to sickness
ill health formal the state of being ill, usually for a long period of time:
Research shows that there is a link between air pollution and ill health.

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