disorderlyadjective
uk/dɪˈsɔː.dəl.i/us/dɪˈsɔːr.dɚ.li/disorderly adjective (CONFUSED)
untidy and badly organized:
It's a disorderly sort of a house with books and papers lying around everywhere.
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Dirty & untidy
- -stained
- all over the place idiom
- besmeared
- bespattered
- bloodstained
- cat
- inky
- manky
- messy
- mucky
- ragged
- ragtag
- squalid
- streaky
- tangle
- tangled
- tarnish
- tousled
- unclean
- unkempt
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disorderly adjective (ANGRY)
angry and violent:
The police feared that the crowd were becoming disorderly and so they moved in with horses.
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Social order & disorder
- anarchic
- anarchism
- anarchist
- anarchy
- ASBO
- breach
- disturb
- instability
- lawless
- mayhem
- organized chaos
- pandemonium
- pell-mell
- tinderbox
- turbulence
- turbulent
- turmoil
- unrest
- upheaval
- water cannon
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