Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disordered

/dɪsˈɔɹdɚd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: dis-or-dered
IPA: /dɪsˈɔɹdɚd/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of disorder

adj

Chaotic; without clear order; in a state of disorder.

adj

in an incorrect or unexpected order.

adj

adj

Having a medical disorder.

Example Sentences

"The frenzy which had unsettled the mind of the hermit was by him communicated to his hearers who, sinking into a trance, fell easy victims to the fearful visions of a disordered mind."
"a disordered gambler"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɪsˈɔɹdɚd/
British English: /dɪsˈɔːdəd/

Inflected Forms

more disordered (comparative) most disordered (superlative)

Derived Forms

disorderedly disorderedness nondisordered predisordered quasidisordered undisordered

Phrases

disordered money behavior eating-disordered mental-disordered mentally disordered

Frequently Paired Words

disorderly eating-disordered mental-disordered mentally disordered ordered

Synonyms

confused disconnected disjointed garbled illogical scattered unconnected unordered

Rhymes With

ordered bordered

Questions

How do you pronounce disordered?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈɔɹdɚd/.
What does disordered mean?: simple past and past participle of disorder

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