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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | messy, untidy |
| Synonyms: | all over the place, chaotic, cluttered, confused, dislocated, disorganized, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, irregular, jumbled, mixed up, out-of-control, out-of-line, out-of-step, out-of-whack, scattered, scrambled, slovenly, topsy-turvy, tumult, uncombed, undisciplined, unkempt, unmethodical, unrestrained, unsystematic, untrained |
| Antonyms: | arranged, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, systematized, trim |
| Main Entry: | boisterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noisy and mischievous |
| Synonyms: | bouncy, brawling, clamorous, disorderly, effervescent, impetuous, loud, obstreperous, rambunctious, raucous, riotous, rollicking, rowdy, strident, tumultous/tumultuous, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, vociferant, vociferous, wild |
| Antonyms: | calm, quiet, restrained, silent |
| Main Entry: | confused |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mixed up, disordered |
| Synonyms: | anarchic, blurred, chaotic, disarranged, disorderly, disorganized, haywire, in a muddle, in disarray, involved, jumbled, messy, miscalculated, miscellaneous, mistaken, misunderstood, obscured, out of order, snafu, snarled, topsy-turvy, unsettled, untidy |
| Antonyms: | methodical, ordered, organized, separated, systematic |
| Main Entry: | disobedient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defiant, mischievous |
| Synonyms: | contrary, contumacious, disorderly, fractious, froward, headstrong, insubordinate, intractable, naughty, noncompliant, nonobservant, obstreperous, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, resistive, uncompliant, undisciplined, unruly, wayward, willful |
| Antonyms: | accepting, behaving, nice, obedient, observant, submitting |
| Main Entry: | disorganized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unmethodical; messed up |
| Synonyms: | chaotic, confused, disordered, disorderly, haphazard, jumbled, mixed up, muddled, screwed up, shuffled, unsystematic |
| Notes: | disorganized means 'not properly planned and controlled; (of a person) unable to plan one's activities efficiently'; unorganized means 'not organized' |
| Antonyms: | methodical, neat, ordered, organized, planned, regulated, systematic, systematized, tidy |
| Main Entry: | disreputable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonorable, lowly |
| Synonyms: | abject, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, contemptible, derogatory, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, disorderly, dissolute, ignominious, in bad, in low esteem, in the doghouse, infamous, inglorious, lewd, libidinous, licentious, mean, no good, notorious, opprobrious, pitiable, scandalous, scurvy, shabby, shady, shameful, shocking, shoddy, sordid, sorry, unprincipled, vicious, vile |
| Antonyms: | decent, ethical, honorable, principled, reputable, respected |
| Main Entry: | disruptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing trouble, confusion |
| Synonyms: | disorderly, distracting, disturbing, obstreperous, off-base, out-of-line, out-of-order, rowdy, troublemaking, troublesome, unruly, unsettling, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | calming, disciplined, settling, soothing, well-behaved |
| Main Entry: | fractious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grouchy, cross |
| Synonyms: | awkward, captious, crabby, disorderly, fretful, froward, huffy, indocile, indomitable, intractable, irritable, mean, ornery*, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, querulous, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, scrappy, snappish, testy, thin-skinned, touchy, uncompliant, undisciplined, unmanageable, unruly, wayward, wild |
| Notes: | factious means addicted to forming parties and raise dissensions in opposition to government or the common good, while fractious means tending to cause trouble or unruly or irritable |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, complaisant, happy, nice, patient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haphazard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without plan or organization |
| Synonyms: | accidental, aimless, all over the map, any old way, any which way, arbitrary, careless, casual, chance, designless, desultory, devil-may-care, disorderly, disorganized, erratic, fluke, helter-skelter, hit-or-miss, incidental, indiscriminate, irregular, loose, offhand, purposeless, random, reckless, slapdash, slipshod, spontaneous, sudden, unconcerned, unconscious, unconsidered, uncoordinated, unexpected, unmethodical, unorganized, unpremeditated, unsystematic, unthinking, willy-nilly |
| Antonyms: | careful, designed, intentional, methodical, organized, planned, straight, systematic, thought-out |
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