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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

ataxia, chaos, clutter, derange, derangement, disarrange, disarrangement, disarticulation, discomfiture, discompose, discomposure, disconcertedness, disharmony, dishevel, dishevelment, disintegration, disjunction, dislocate, dismantle, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disorganize, disproportion, disrobe, disruption, disturb, disturbance, do a strip-tease, entropy, haphazardness, huddle, incoherence, indiscriminateness, inharmonious harmony, irregularity, jumble, litter, mess, mess up, misarrange, most admired disorder, muddle, muss, muss up, nonsymmetry, nonuniformity, perturbation, promiscuity, promiscuousness, randomness, ruffle, rummage, rumple, scatter, snarl, strip, topsy-turviness, tousle, turbulence, unarray, uncase, unclothe, undrape, undress, unsettle, unsymmetry, ununiformity, upset

Dictionary Results for disarray:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

disarray
    n 1: a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly
         thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions" [syn:
         confusion, mental confusion, confusedness,
         muddiness, disarray]
    2: untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance) [syn:
       disarray, disorderliness]
    v 1: bring disorder to [syn: disorder, disarray] [ant:
         order]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Disarray \Dis`ar*ray"\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]sarroi.]
   1. Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
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            Disrank the troops, set all in disarray. --Daniel.
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   2. Confused attire; undress. --Spenser.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Disarray \Dis`ar*ray"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarrayed; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Disarraying.] [Pref. dis- + array, v.: cf. OF.
   desarroyer, desarreier.]
   1. To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
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            Who with fiery steeds
            Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. --Fenton.
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   2. To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
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            So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed.
                                                  --Spenser.
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