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Roget 59:
disorder;
derangement
etc.
61;
irregularity;
anomaly
etc.
(unconformity)
83;
anarchy,
anarchism;
want of method;
untidiness
etc.
adj.;
disunion;
discord
etc.
24.
confusion;
confusedness
etc.
adj.;
mishmash,
mix;
disarray,
jumble,
huddle,
litter,
lumber;
cahotage†;
farrago;
mess,
mash,
muddle,
muss [U.S.],
hash,
hodgepodge;
hotch-potch†,
hotch-pot†;
imbroglio,
chaos,
omnium gatherum [Lat.],
medley;
mere mixture
etc.
41;
fortuitous concourse of atoms,
disjecta membra [Lat.],
rudis indigestaque moles [Lat.]
[Ovid].
complexity
etc.
59.1.
turmoil;
ferment
etc.
(agitation)
315;
to-do,
trouble,
pudder†,
pother,
row,
rumble,
disturbance,
hubbub,
convulsion,
tumult,
uproar,
revolution,
riot,
rumpus,
stour†,
scramble,
brawl,
fracas,
rhubarb,
fight,
free-for-all,
row,
ruction,
rumpus,
embroilment,
melee,
spill and pelt,
rough and tumble;
whirlwind
etc.
349;
bear garden,
Babel,
Saturnalia,
donnybrook,
Donnybrook Fair,
confusion worse confounded,
most admired disorder,
concordia discors [Lat.];
Bedlam,
all hell broke loose;
bull in a china shop;
all the fat in the fire,
diable a' quatre [Fr.],
Devil to pay;
pretty kettle of fish;
pretty piece of work [Fr.],
pretty piece of business [Fr.].
[legal terms]
disorderly person;
disorderly persons offence;
misdemeanor.
[moral disorder]
slattern,
slut
(libertine)
962.
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Roget 173:
violence,
inclemency,
vehemence,
might,
impetuosity;
boisterousness
etc.
adj.;
effervescence,
ebullition;
turbulence,
bluster;
uproar,
callithump [U.S.],
riot,
row,
rumpus,
le diable a quatre [Fr.],
devil to pay,
all the fat in the fire.
severity
etc.
739;
ferocity,
rage,
fury;
exacerbation,
exasperation,
malignity;
fit,
paroxysm;
orgasm,
climax,
aphrodisia†;
force,
brute force;
outrage;
coup de main;
strain,
shock,
shog†;
spasm,
convulsion,
throe;
hysterics,
passion
etc.
(state of excitability)
825.
outbreak,
outburst;
debacle;
burst,
bounce,
dissilience†,
discharge,
volley,
explosion,
blow up,
blast,
detonation,
rush,
eruption,
displosion†,
torrent.
turmoil
etc.
(disorder)
59;
ferment
etc.
(agitation)
315;
storm,
tempest,
rough weather;
squall
etc.
(wind)
349;
earthquake,
volcano,
thunderstorm.
berserk,
berserker;
fury,
dragon,
demon,
tiger,
beldame,
Tisiphone†,
Megaera,
Alecto†,
madcap,
wild beast;
fire eater
etc.
(blusterer)
887.
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evil,
ill,
harm,
hurt. ,
mischief,
nuisance;
machinations of the devil,
Pandora's box,
ills that flesh is heir to.
blow,
buffet,
stroke,
scratch,
bruise,
wound,
gash,
mutilation;
mortal blow,
wound;
immedicabile vulnus [Lat.];
damage,
loss
etc.
(deterioration)
659.
disadvantage,
prejudice,
drawback.
disaster,
accident,
casualty;
mishap
etc.
(misfortune)
735;
bad job,
devil to pay;
calamity,
bale,
catastrophe,
tragedy;
ruin
etc.
(destruction)
162;
adversity
etc.
735.
mental suffering
etc.
828.
demon
etc.
980.
(Evil spirit)
bane,
etc.
663
(cause of evil).
badness,
etc.
649
(Production of Evil);
painfulness,
etc.
830;
evil doer,
etc.
913.
outrage,
wrong,
injury,
foul play;
bad turn,
ill turn;
disservice,
spoliation
etc.
791;
grievance,
crying evil.
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