throw+into+disorder+or+confusion
1throw into confusion — index agitate (perturb), confound, confuse (bewilder), confuse (create disorder), discompose …
2throw into — phr verb Throw into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑armchair, ↑bin, ↑confusion, ↑disarray, ↑disorder, ↑doubt, ↑frenzy, ↑jail, ↑panic, ↑prison, ↑recession, ↑ …
3disorder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of order Nouns 1. disorder, derangement; irregularity; misrule, anarchy, anarchism; untidiness, disunion; disquiet, discord; confusion, confusedness; disarray, jumble, huddle, litter, mess, mishmash …
4throw into confusion — cause chaos, cause disorder …
5disorder — [dis ôr′dər] n. [prob. < Fr désordre] 1. a lack of order; confusion; jumble 2. a breach of public peace; riot 3. a disregard of system; irregularity 4. an upset of normal function; ailment vt. 1. to throw into disorder; disarrange …
6disorder — n 1. disorderliness, disarray, displacement, dislocation, disarrangement, disorganization; dishevelment, untidiness, clutter, mess, heap, huddle; hash, hodge podge, mishmash, jumble, scramble, tangle; mix up, snafu, Inf. foul up, Sl. ball up,… …
7Disorder — Dis*or der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disordered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disordering}.] 1. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse. [1913 Webster] Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence. Burke. [1913… …
8throw out of kilter — verb throw into great confusion or disorder Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt • Syn: ↑perturb, ↑derange • Derivationally related forms: ↑derangement (for: ↑derange), ↑ …
9disorder — I. n. 1. Confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorganization, irregularity, jumble, want of order. 2. Tumult, disturbance, commotion, riot. 3. Turbulence, tumultuousness, riotousness. 4. Distemper, complaint, malady, sickness,… …
10disorder — n. & v. n. 1 a lack of order; confusion. 2 a riot; a commotion. 3 Med. a usu. minor ailment or disease. v.tr. 1 throw into confusion; disarrange. 2 Med. put out of good health; upset. Etymology: ME, alt. after ORDER v. of earlier disordain f. OF… …
