| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A pathological condition of mind or body: ailment, complaint, disease, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness. See HEALTH. 2. A lack of civil order or peace: anarchy, lawlessness, misrule. See ORDER, PEACE. 3. A lack of order or regular arrangement: chaos, clutter, confusedness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, jumble, mess, mix-up, muddle, muss, scramble, topsy-turviness, tumble. Slang : snafu. See ORDER. 4. An interruption of regular procedure or of public peace: agitation, commotion, disturbance, helter-skelter, stir1, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar. Informal : flap, to-do. See CALM, ORDER. 5. The condition of being sick: affliction, illness, indisposition, infirmity, sickness. See HEALTH. | | VERB: | 1. To put into total disorder: ball up, confuse, jumble, mess up, muddle, scramble, snarl2. Slang : snafu. Idioms: play havoc with. See ORDER. 2. To put out of proper order: derange, disarrange, disarray, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess up, mix up, muddle, tumble, unsettle, upset. See ORDER. 3. To put (the hair or clothes) into a state of disarray: disarrange, dishevel, mess (up), muss (up), rumple, tousle. See ORDER. 4. To disturb the health or physiological functioning of: derange, turn, unsettle, upset. See HEALTH.
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