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Synonyms & Antonyms for disarray
Synonyms: Noun
chance-medley, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, muss, shambles, snake pit, tumble, welter
Synonyms: Verb
confuse, derange, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset
Antonyms: Noun
Antonyms: Verb
arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy
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Examples of disarray in a Sentence
Noun
The room was in disarray. The company has fallen into complete disarray.Verb
he had accidentally disarrayed his brother's CDs, leaving a telltale sign of borrowing without permission
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
That Mohseni, a civilian official, was helping to organize the city’s defenses was an indication that government security forces there were in disarray. — David Zucchino, BostonGlobe.com, "Taliban attack 2d Afghan city in 2 days as peace deal nears," 1 Sep. 2019 The 30-day second special session, which began in July, convened in disarray — some lawmakers favored Dunleavy’s chosen Wasilla location, and met there, but most wanted to hold session in Juneau and so convened the session in the capital city. — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, "Special sessions cost more than $1.2 million so far this year," 27 Aug. 2019 Images broadcast by local TV channels from inside the media office showed a room in disarray, with glass fragments blanketing damaged furniture adorned with promotional pictures of Iranian and Lebanese Shiite religious figures. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, "Israel appears to attack Lebanon’s Hezbollah, part of its expanding anti-Iran campaign," 25 Aug. 2019 Madoski, who is moonlighting as head coach of a team playing in the Hohokam Junior College league, faced a Skyline team that has been in disarray since Angelo Paffumi was let go as head coach. — Richard Obert, azcentral, "What we learned from Week 1 in Arizona high school football," 24 Aug. 2019 The apartment was in disarray, and the children were taken to the hospital for evaluation. — cleveland.com, "Woman flees from officers after tire rolls off vehicle: Mayfield Heights Police Blotter," 14 Aug. 2019 Internal turmoil has plagued the gun rights group, with former NRA president Oliver North leaving after only a year in the job, and the group's finances are also in disarray. — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, "Trump speaks with NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre as he supports stricter background checks," 8 Aug. 2019 Huawei was planning to follow other tech giants in releasing a smart speaker, according to The Information, but then the US government threw the company’s software partnership with Google into disarray. — Chris Welch, The Verge, "Huawei was working on a Google Assistant smart speaker before Trump ban," 29 July 2019 But as the editing gets choppier and the visuals less majestic, the directors suggest that Hatidze’s world has been thrown into disarray. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "Honeyland Makes the Story of a Lonely Beekeeper Feel Epic," 25 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
In this one, the first of a series published from 1935 to 1961, readers are introduced to a nervous Londoner named Pongo Twistleton, whose orderly life is disarrayed by the visit of his peremptory and mischievous uncle Fred from the country. — Jesse Green, New York Times, "Review: Surprise Lessons From John Lithgow’s ‘Stories by Heart’," 11 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'disarray.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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