disorder
/dɪsˈɔɹdɚ/ sustantivo B2En español: desorden, disturbio, desenfreno, revolú
- Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner. · After playing the children left the room in disorder.
- A disturbance of civic peace or of public order. · The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room· The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.
- A physical or mental malfunction. · Near-synonyms: disease, illness (both often synonymous)· Bulimia is an eating disorder.
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As we had no doctor on board, and he was so anxious to arrive at Elba, that he would not touch at any other port, his disorder rose to such a height, that at the end of the third day, feeling he was dying, he called me to him.
Her freckles were more numerous and obtrusive than ever; the wind had ruffled her hatless hair into over-brilliant disorder; it had never looked redder than at that moment.
“I pretended that I had a disorder of the skin, and asked for a little sulphur, which was readily supplied.”
“Are you playing with justice, accused, and do you dare set your fellow-citizens an example of disorder which even in these times has never been equalled?”
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