Dictionary

disarray en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪsəˈɹeɪ/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English disareyen (“to disarray”), from Middle French desarroyer, from Old French desareer, from des- (“dis-”) + areer (“to array”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A lack of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
   • Tottenham pushed forward in an attempt to complete the recovery - but only succeeded in leaving themselves wide open to Chelsea's attacks and Redknapp's side ended in total disarray. 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:
   • On leaving the train at Piccadilly, everything goes 'Pete Tong'. Services are in complete disarray, as a tree has come down onto the line at Gatley. 2024 October 30, Paul Bigland, “The heat is on... and will the railway fray”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 46:
   • So, in order to apply a good medicine to the hurt parts of the wildish psyche, in order to aright relationship to the archetype of the Wild Woman, one has to name the disarrays of the psyche accurately. 1992, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run with the Wolves, Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype, page 9:
2. (countable, uncountable) Confused attire; undress; dishabille.

Forms

Translations (33)

fr désordre (Want of array or regular order) · ota قارش (Want of array or regular order) · de Verwirrung (Confused attire; undress) · mk брко́тија (Want of array or regular order) · ota تشوش (Want of array or regular order) · nb uorden (Want of array or regular order) · fi epäjärjestys (Confused attire; undress) · nl wanorde (Want of array or regular order) · bg бъркотия (Want of array or regular order) · sv oreda (Want of array or regular order) · fi sekasorto (Want of array or regular order) · ca desordre (Want of array or regular order) · fr zizanie (Want of array or regular order) · de Unordnung (Want of array or regular order) · uk безла́ддя (Want of array or regular order) · fr désarroi (Want of array or regular order) · tr teşevvüş (Want of array or regular order) · es desarreglo (Want of array or regular order) · nb ulage (Want of array or regular order) · eo disaranĝo (Want of array or regular order) · ro neorânduială (Want of array or regular order) · bg безпорядък (Want of array or regular order) · pdt Onzucht (Want of array or regular order) · ro dezordine (Want of array or regular order) · ca desori (Want of array or regular order) · fi kaaos (Want of array or regular order) · ca desgavell (Want of array or regular order) · fi epäjärjestys (Want of array or regular order) · es desacomodo (Want of array or regular order) · sv oordning (Want of array or regular order) · mi kaumingomingo (Want of array or regular order) · pt cizânia (Want of array or regular order) · fr chaos (Want of array or regular order)

disarray en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dɪsəˈɹeɪ/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English disareyen (“to disarray”), from Middle French desarroyer, from Old French desareer, from des- (“dis-”) + areer (“to array”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
   • Who with fiery steeds / Oft disarray'd the foes in battle ranged. 1726, Elijah Fenton, Odyssey:
2. (transitive) To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
   • So as she bad, that witch they disaraid 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 46:

Forms

Antonyms

array

Deriveds

disarrayment

Translations (21)

ca desordenar (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · ro dezbrăca (To take off the dress of; to unrobe) · ro zăpăci (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · ro dezorganiza (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · mk ра́збрка (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · fr troubler (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · cmn 混乱 (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · nl verwarren (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · bg разбърквам (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · fi panna sekaisin (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · fi saattaa epäjärjestykseen (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · mk ра́стера (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · nl uitkleden (To take off the dress of; to unrobe) · fi sekoittaa (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · mk со́блече (To take off the dress of; to unrobe) · bg събличам (To take off the dress of; to unrobe) · hi व्यूहभंग (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · ca desgavellar (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · fr désordonner (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · nl verstoren (To throw into disorder; to break the array of) · fr perturber (To throw into disorder; to break the array of)