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disorderly

/dɪsˈɔːdəli/adjective

उच्चारण डिसॉर्डली

अव्यवस्थित, उपद्रवी, बेकाबू

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adjective
  1. 1

    (of people or behaviour) showing a lack of control; publicly noisy or violent

    अव्यवस्थित, उपद्रवी, बेकाबू

    • disorderly conduct
    • a disorderly crowd
    • The police arrested several people for disorderly behaviour at the match.
    + 2 more examples
    • The disorderly crowd pushed towards the gate.
    • The students were warned against disorderly conduct in the hall.

    Synonyms unruly rowdy riotous disruptive lawless

    Opposite orderly disciplined well-behaved peaceful

  2. 2

    untidy

    बेतरतीब, अस्त-व्यस्त

    • a disorderly heap of clothes
    • His disorderly room, with books and clothes on every chair, annoyed his mother.
    • Her desk was a disorderly mess of papers and pens.
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    • He kept his shelves in a disorderly state.
    • The disorderly kitchen took an hour to clean.

    Synonyms untidy messy disorganized chaotic jumbled

    Opposite tidy neat orderly organized

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

disorderly + noun

Disorderly is an adjective, used before nouns like crowd, behaviour or conduct.

'Disorderly' adjective है और crowd, behaviour या conduct जैसे nouns से पहले आता है।

  • The police controlled the disorderly crowd.
  • He was fined for disorderly behaviour.

in a disorderly way / manner (adverb phrase)

There is no adverb form disorderly; use in a disorderly way or manner.

'Disorderly' का adverb रूप नहीं होता; 'in a disorderly way' या 'manner' प्रयोग करें।

  • The children moved out of the hall in a disorderly manner.

be + disorderly (untidy sense)

For a place that is untidy, disorderly is more formal than messy and follows be.

अस्त-व्यस्त स्थान के लिए 'disorderly', 'messy' से अधिक formal है और 'be' के बाद आता है।

  • His desk was disorderly, with books and papers everywhere.

disorderly conduct (legal phrase)

In law, the phrase names an offence of causing public trouble, often by being drunk or noisy.

कानून में यह phrase सार्वजनिक उपद्रव करने के अपराध को बताता है, प्रायः नशे या शोर के कारण।

  • Two men were arrested for disorderly conduct at the fair.
+Collocations 4

disorderly + noun

crowdqueueconductsceneretreat

  • A disorderly queue formed outside the ration shop.

drunk and disorderly

drunk and disorderlyloud and disorderlyrowdy and disorderly

  • He was arrested for being drunk and disorderly.

verb + disorderly

becometurngrowlookseem

  • The protest turned disorderly after midnight.

adverb + disorderly

veryextremelyratherincreasinglythoroughly

  • The match crowd became increasingly disorderly.
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  • The disorderly students were sent back to their classes by the prefect.

उपद्रवी विद्यार्थियों को प्रीफ़ेक्ट ने वापस उनकी कक्षाओं में भेज दिया।

  • The guards struggled to control the disorderly mob at the gate.

रक्षक गेट पर उत्पाती भीड़ को क़ाबू करने में संघर्ष करते रहे।

  • Radhika's room was disorderly during exams, but she knew where everything was.

परीक्षा के दिनों में राधिका का कमरा अस्त-व्यस्त रहता था, पर उसे सब पता रहता था कि कहाँ क्या है।

  • The train passengers rushed in a disorderly way towards the doors.

ट्रेन के यात्री अव्यवस्थित ढंग से दरवाज़ों की ओर दौड़ पड़े।

  • Disorderly behaviour in the library will not be tolerated.

पुस्तकालय में उद्दंड व्यवहार सहन नहीं किया जाएगा।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ The students behaved disorderly in the hall.

✓ The students behaved in a disorderly way in the hall.

Disorderly is an adjective with no -ly adverb form, so a phrase is needed.

'Disorderly' adjective है और इसका -ly adverb नहीं होता, इसलिए phrase चाहिए।

✗ The crowd became disorder when the gate closed.

✓ The crowd became disorderly when the gate closed.

Disorder is a noun; after became you need the adjective disorderly.

'Disorder' noun है; became के बाद adjective 'disorderly' चाहिए।

✗ His room was in disorderly after the party.

✓ His room was in disorder after the party.

After in, use the noun disorder; use disorderly alone after was.

'In' के बाद noun 'disorder' आता है; 'was' के बाद अकेला 'disorderly' आता है।

◇Word family
disorder nounorderly adj.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

dis·or·der·ly

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General knowledge

Legal: disorderly conduct (behaving in a noisy or violent way in public) is an offence.

कानून में disorderly conduct (सार्वजनिक स्थान पर शोरगुल या हिंसा) अपराध है।