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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | utter confusion |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, ataxia, bedlam, clutter, disarray, discord, disorder, disorganization, entropy, free-for-all, holy mess, lawlessness, misrule, mix-up, mobocracy, muddle, pandemonium, rat's nest, snarl, topsy-turviness, tumult, turmoil, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, normality, order, organization, quiet, system |
| Main Entry: | bedlam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chaotic situation |
| Synonyms: | chaos, clamor, commotion, confusion, din, disquiet, disquietude, furor, hubbub, madhouse, maelstrom, noise, pandemonium, racket, shambles, tumult, turmoil, uproar |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace, quiet |
| Main Entry: | clutter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disarray, mess |
| Synonyms: | ataxia, chaos, confusion, derangement, disorder, hodgepodge, huddle, jumble, litter, medley, melange, muddle, rummage, scramble, shuffle, tumble, untidiness |
| Antonyms: | neatness, order, tidiness |
| Main Entry: | confusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disoriented state |
| Synonyms: | abashment, ado, anarchy, astonishment, bustle, chaos, clutter, commotion, complexity, complication, consternation, daze, difficulty, disarray, discomposure, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, emotional upset, ferment, fog, fracas, haze, hodge-podge, imbroglio, intricacy, jumble, labyrinth, mess, mistake, muddle, mystification, pandemonium, perturbation, racket, riot, row, shambles, stir, stupefaction, surprise, tangle, trouble, tumult, turmoil, untidiness, upheaval, uproar, wilderness |
| Antonyms: | calm, clarity, composure, method, order, organization, orientation, system |
| Main Entry: | disarray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder, confusion, mess |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, ataxia, chaos, clutter, disarrangement, discomposure, disharmony, dishevelment, disorganization, holy mess, indiscipline, jumble, muddle, shambles, snarl, tangle, topsy-turviness, unholy mess, unruliness, untidiness, upset |
| Antonyms: | arrangement, harmony, order, orderliness, organization |
| Main Entry: | disaster area |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area affected by a general disaster |
| Synonyms: | area of devastation, chaos, confusion, crisis zone, desolation, disaster relief area, earthquake zone, emergency area, flood zone, havoc, hot spot, path of destruction, scene of destruction, storm center, war zone |
| Main Entry: | disorder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social commotion; mental confusion |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anarchism, anarchy, brawl, bustle, chaos, clamor, complication, convulsion, discombobulation, discord, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, dither, entanglement, fight, flap, fracas, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo*, imbroglio, insurrection, lawlessness, mayhem, misrule, mob rule, quarrel, rebellion, reign of terror, revolution, riot, rioting, ruckus, rumpus, static, strike, terrorism, tizzy, trouble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, unruliness, uproar |
| Antonyms: | health |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disorganization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unordered situation or thing |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, chaos, confusion, derangement, disarray, disjointedness, disorder, disruption, dissolution, disunion, foul-up, incoherence, mix-up, rat's nest, screw-up, unconnectedness, unholy mess |
| Antonyms: | coherence, method, neatness, order, organization, plan, system, tidiness |
| Main Entry: | havoc |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chaotic situation |
| Synonyms: | calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, chaos, confusion, damage, desolation, despoiling, destruction, devastation, dilapidation, disorder, disruption, loss, mayhem, plunder, rack and ruin, ravages, ruination, shambles, vandalism, waste, wreck, wreckage |
| Antonyms: | peace |
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