disorderly

[ dis-awr-der-lee ]

adjective

1. characterized by disorder; irregular; untidy; confused:

   a disorderly desk.

2. unruly; turbulent; tumultuous:

   a disorderly mob.

3. Law. contrary to public order or morality.

adverb

1. in a disorderly manner.

disorderly

/ dɪsˈɔːdəlɪ /

adjective

1. untidy; irregular
2. uncontrolled; unruly
3. law violating public peace or order

adverb

1. in an irregular or confused manner

Derived Forms

• disˈorderliness, noun

Other Words From

• dis·order·li·ness noun
• undis·order·ly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of disorderly¹

First recorded in 1555–65; dis- ¹ + orderly

Example Sentences

Biggs — facing counts of obstructing an official proceeding of Congress, illegal entry and disorderly conduct on restricted Capitol grounds — is the latest Proud Boys member to be charged in the storming of the Capitol.

From Washington Post

He is charged with one count of knowingly entering a restricted building and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct.

From Washington Post

Evans has been charged with knowingly entering or remaining on restricted grounds and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

From Vox

He has been arrested on charges of trespassing on the Capitol grounds, entering the Capitol violently, and disorderly conduct.

From Washington Blade

Larry Rendell Brock, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, was arrested in Texas and charged with one count of knowingly entering a restricted building and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct, prosecutors said.

From Washington Post

In 2007, at Jamaica high school in Queens, teachers started calling 911 to get police to help them deal with disorderly students.

From The Daily Beast

Add to that a batch of misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges and a few felony drug raps, and it was time to move.

From The Daily Beast

A new book about Victorian-era London reminds us that unregulated, disorderly places grow into great metropolises.

From The Daily Beast

Petit turned himself over to police and was arrested for disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing.

From The Daily Beast

He was arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct in New Orleans.

From The Daily Beast

Even in 1668 the Glovers are compelled to take into account “the disorderly manner of making wardens.”

From Project Gutenberg

The rapid movements of the British turned the retreat of the enemy into a disorderly and desperate flight.

From Project Gutenberg

In the year 1903 the chronic trouble among these disorderly elements blazed up in a notable conflagration.

From Project Gutenberg

It is just the disorderly proliferation of Bromstead over again, in lives instead of in houses.

From Project Gutenberg

I found Kitty quite as she had been in her youth at home, as careless and wild, as disorderly and as full of good-heartedness.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• disruptive
• fractious
• raucous
• rebellious
• rowdy
• unruly