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Disarrayed vs Messy - What's the difference?

disarrayed | messy |

As a verb disarrayed

is past tense of disarray.

As an adjective messy is

in a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.

disarrayed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (disarray)

    • disarray

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
  • * Fenton
    • Who with fiery steeds / Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged.
  • To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
  • * Spenser
    • So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed .

    Antonyms

    * array

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=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 .}}
  • Confused attire; undress; dishabille.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    messy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory.}}
  • (of a person) Prone to causing mess.
  • (of a situation) Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.

    • Synonyms

    (in a disorderly state) untidy, chaotic, disorderly, cluttered

    Antonyms

    * neat * orderly

    Derived terms

    * messily * messiness

    Descendants

    * German: (l)

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