desorden

Definitions of desorden
  1. noun
    a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
    synonyms: confusión
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    desorientación, despiste, distracción
    mental turmoil
    aturdimento, estupefacción
    confusion characterized by lack of clarity
    seguro
    confusion resulting from lack of preparation
    abobamiento, alelamiento, atolondramiento, atontamiento, atontolinamiento, ofuscación
    confusion resulting from failure to understand
    perplejidad
    trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
    enigma, misterio
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
    complicación, enredo, lío, maraña
    something jumbled or confused
    dilema
    state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
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    estado de ánimo
    the state of a person's cognitive processes
  2. noun
    a disturbance of the peace or of public order
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    orden
    established customary state (especially of society)
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    acracia, anarquía
    a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
    inestabilidad
    an unstable order
    confusión
    disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
    amotinamiento, motín
    a state of disorder involving group violence
    escándalo, jolgorio
    rowdy behavior
    agitación, alboroto, barrila, bullicio, cacao, conmoción, disturbios, lío, movida, perturbación, ruido, sarao, tomate, trapisonda, trastorno, tumulto
    a disorderly outburst or tumult
    discordia
    lack of agreement or harmony
    solevantamiento, turbulencia
    a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
    nihilismo
    complete denial of all established authority and institutions
    desmoralización
    a state of disorder and confusion
    caos, jaleo, patas arriba
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
    batiborrillo, fárrago
    a state of confusion
    incidente
    a public disturbance
    tormenta
    a violent commotion or disturbance
    centro de la agitación, foco de los disturbios
    a center of trouble or disturbance
    estruendo, tumulto
    a state of commotion and noise and confusion
    agitación, fermento, inquietud
    a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
    violencia
    a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.
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    estado
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  3. noun
    a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
    synonyms: desarreglo
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    achaque, achuchón, alifafe, arrechucho, dolencia, enfermedad, padecimiento
    an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
    desequilibrio mental, perturbación mental
    (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
    trastorn neurològic, trastorno nervioso
    a disorder of the nervous system
    insomnio
    an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness
    anorexia
    a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite
    ataxia
    inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
    discinesia
    abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements
    esclerosis múltiple
    a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
    parkinson
    a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
    corea
    any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
    dislexia
    impaired ability to learn to read
    cardiopatía
    a disease of the heart
    hipertensión
    a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater)
    aneurisma
    a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall
    neurosis, psiconeurosis
    a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
    tartajeo, tartamudeo, tartamudez
    a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
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    estado fisiológico
    the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
  4. noun
    informal terms for a difficult situation
    synonyms: apretón, apuro, atolladero, brete, compromiso, conflicto, confusión, conserva, embolismo, embrollo, enredo, estrecho, lío, maraña, mareo, pantano, taco
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    dificultad
    a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
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