chaotic
adjective /keɪˈɒtɪk/
/keɪˈɑːtɪk/
- without any order; in a completely confused state
- The traffic in the city is chaotic in the rush hour.
- She had a chaotic personal life with a series of broken relationships.
Extra Examples- It was really chaotic just before the show started.
- Things can be a little chaotic in our house.
- Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.
- Things often appear chaotic to the outsider.
- Amid chaotic scenes in court, the long-awaited verdict was announced.
- It's a bit chaotic around here at the moment.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
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- extremely
- fairly
- very
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Word Originearly 18th cent.: from chaos, on the pattern of words such as hypnotic.