disarrange

American  

[dis-uh-reynj] / ˌdɪs əˈreɪndʒ /

verb (used with object)

disarranged, disarranging

1. to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.

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disarrange British  

/ ˌdɪsəˈreɪndʒ /

verb

1. (tr) to throw into disorder

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Other Word Forms

• disarrangement noun
• disarranger noun

Etymology

Origin of disarrange

First recorded in 1735–45; dis- ¹ + arrange

Example Sentences

Then guards would deliberately disarrange the pile and announce that everyone must be dressed in five minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eyes still watering and head still throbbing, he drew his wand, careful not to disarrange the Cloak, and waited, breath held.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

“So your pelo loco, like clippings of grass, will not disarrange this house,” she says.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads

The Queen had said that it was raining, and that if she went out in the rain she would soil her dress and disarrange her hair.

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta

At one time I even thought I saw her foot move under the whiteness of the coverings, and slightly disarrange the long, straight folds of the winding sheet.

From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Gautier, Th?ophile