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| chaotic |
completely disordered or disorganized; in a state of utter confusion. |
| confuse |
to combine in a disordered, unclear way; fail to distinguish between or among. [1/3 definitions] |
| desultory |
disordered, disconnected, or unmethodical; aimless. [1/2 definitions] |
| dysplasia |
disordered growth or abnormal development of tissues, bones, or other body parts. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. [1/3 definitions] |
| haywire |
(informal) acting in an unpredictable or disordered manner; crazy. [1/3 definitions] |
| helter-skelter |
haphazard and disordered. [1/5 definitions] |
| higgledy-piggledy |
completely disordered or confused; jumbled. [1/2 definitions] |
| hurry-scurry |
in a hurried, disordered manner; confusedly. [1/4 definitions] |
| insanity |
in law, a mental condition so disordered that the afflicted person is considered incompetent to engage in contracts or similar matters, or that he or she may be committed to an institution. [2/4 definitions] |
| mare's-nest |
a disordered or confused place, state, or condition. [1/2 definitions] |
| out of joint |
in a chaotic, disordered, or unharmonious condition. [1/3 definitions] |
| pell-mell |
in a hasty, disordered, jumbled manner. [2 definitions] |
| sprawl |
to spread or extend in a loose, disordered manner. [2/5 definitions] |
| throw off |
to cause changes that make (something or parts of something) incorrect, disordered, or out of alignment. [1/2 definitions] |
| tousle |
a disordered mass, esp. of hair. [1/3 definitions] |
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