DISAPPEAR – verbs
– BRIGHTON PIER to disappear …1998 UK rhyming sl.
– BROOM to disappear quickly…L18 sl.
– BROOM IT to disappear quickly…L18 sl.
– DO A FADE-OUT to disappear, to depart …1910s Amer. sl.
– DO A GUY to slip away …L19 sl.
– DUCK to retire; to leave; to flee; to disappear …Bk1914 criminals’ sl.
– EELIE to disappear, to vanish from sight gradually …1818 Sc.
– EELY to disappear, to vanish; to disappear one by one as a company does that disperses imperceptibly …1832 Sc.
– ELLIE to disappear, to vanish from sight gradually …1818 Sc.
– ELY to disappear, to vanish; to disappear one by one as a company does that disperses imperceptibly …1818 Sc.
– EVANISH to disappear, to vanish …1725 Sc.
– EVAPULATE to evaporate; to disappear …1945 Amer. dial.
– FADE to depart; to disappear; to run away; to leave; to vanish …1848 sl.
– FADE AWAY to leave a place; to depart in haste; to disappear …1900 Amer. dial.
– FADE OUT to leave a place; to depart in haste; to disappear …1900 Amer. dial.
– FALL OFF THE MAP to disappear from view and attention; to drop out of sight …1980s Amer. sl.
– LAMMAS to run, to go off in a hurry, to disappear quickly …1866 Eng. dial.
– MEISLE to waste imperceptibly; to disappear gradually; to expend in a trifling manner …Bk1905 Sc.
– MIZZLE to abscond; to run away; to clear out, to disappear; to go, to walk …1781
– PULL A FADE-OUT to disappear, to depart, to escape, to vanish …1910s Amer. sl.
– PULL A VANISHING ACT to disappear …1923 Amer. sl.
– QUENCH † to come to an end, to perish, to disappear …c1305
– QUIRM to disappear quickly and mysteriously …Bk1905 Sc.
– SANT to disappear, to vanish, esp. in a sudden or mysterious manner; to be lost …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SAUNT to disappear, to vanish, esp. in a sudden or mysterious manner; to be lost …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCALE to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one’s own motion …20C sl.
– SCALE OFF to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one’s own motion; to leave surreptitiously or speedily …1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
– TO-GO † to go in difference directions; to be divided, separate; to disappear …c1000
– VADE † to pass away, to disappear, to vanish; to decay or perish …1495
– VAMOS to make a hasty departure, to run away hurriedly, to go away, to leave, to disappear …1834 Amer. sl.
– VAMP to vanish; to disappear; to travel …20C US sl.
– WALK of objects: to disappear, presumed borrowed or stolen …1898 UK sl.
– YEALIE † to disappear gradually …Bk1905 Sc.
DISAPPEARANCE – nouns
– ABSQUATULATION a sudden disappearance or absconding …1847 Amer. sl.
– FADE a disappearance, departure or escape …1942 Amer. sl.
– FADE-OUT a disappearance, departure, or escape …1918 Amer. sl.
DISAPPOINT – person
– BAD EGG a person who disappoints expectation …1855
– FAIL one that fails or disappoints …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
disappoint – verbs
– BALK to disappoint …1886 Eng. dial.
– BEGECK † to befool; to disappoint; to gull; to deceive; to jilt …a1513 obs. exc. Sc.
– BEGUILE † to cheat hopes, expectations, aims, or a person in them; to trick; to disappoint, to deprive of, to foil …1483 obs. exc. Sc.
– BEGUNK to cheat; to jilt; to play a trick; to disappoint …Bk1911 Sc.
– BETRAY † to cheat, to disappoint …1588
– BILK to cheat, to refuse to pay; to frustrate, to disappoint …1820 Eng. sl.
– BLONK to disappoint …19C Eng. dial.
– BREAK to disappoint, to deny, to refuse …Bk1911 Sc.
– CAST DOWN to deject in spirits, to disappoint, to dispirit …1382
– FLUMMOX, FLUMMUX to back out, to back out of a promise; to disappoint; to opt out of a round of betting …M19 sl.
– GIP, GYP to disappoint …1928 Amer. sl.
– GYPSY to disappoint …1928 Amer. sl.
– JIP to disappoint …1928 Amer. sl.
– KILL SOMEONE’S BUZZ to depress someone; to destroy someone’s enjoyment or pleasure; to disappoint someone …1980s sl.
– LANT to delay; to keep waiting; to disappoint …1882 Eng. dial.
– MUMP to disappoint …E18 sl.
– STICK UP to deceive, to cheat, to disappoint …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– STOMP SOMEONE’S BUZZ to depress someone; to destroy someone’s enjoyment or pleasure; to disappoint someone …1980s sl.
– THROW to hinder; to disarrange; to disappoint; to defeat …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIP to silence; to disappoint, to mortify …1825 Sc.
DISAPPOINTED – adjectives
– ALL OUT disappointed …Bk1898 Sc.
– BEGUNKED disappointed, cheated …Bk1898 Sc. & N. Ireland
– BLAE disappointed …Bk1911 Sc.
– BROWNED OFF – disappointed …1938
– BUMMED disappointed, depressed …1970 US sl.
– BURNED disappointed; humiliated; put down …Bk1990 Amer. sl.
– CHOKED annoyed and disappointed …1950 sl.
– CHUFFED displeased, disgruntled; annoyed and disappointed …1960 Brit. sl.
– DISAPPOINT disappointed …1928 Amer. dial.
– DOWN ON annoyed with; disappointed in; holding a negative opinion of …M19
– GUTTED bitterly disappointed; devastated, shattered; utterly fed up …1984 sl.
– HACKED angry, irritated; annoyed and disappointed …1892 sl., orig. US
– HACKED OFF very angry, irritated, confused; annoyed and disappointed …1892 sl., orig. US
– LANTED defeated; disappointed …1882 Eng. dial.
– MIFFED annoyed and disappointed; upset …1811 sl.
– OUTDONE put out, perplexed, exasperated, displeased; disappointed, overcome, beaten, humiliated, embarrassed …1816 Amer. dial.
– OUTED disappointed …1903 Amer. dial.
– PIPPED annoyed and disappointed …1914 sl.
– PISSED very angry; annoyed and disappointed …1971 sl.
– PISSED-OFF very angry; annoyed and disappointed …1946 sl.
– QUAMPED subdued, disappointed …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SADLY-BEGONE woebegone, disappointed …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SICK annoyed and disappointed …1853 sl.
– SICK AS A PARROT annoyed and disappointed …1979 Brit. sl.
– SIMPLY THROWING UP BUCKETS very vexed or disappointed …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– TEED OFF annoyed and disappointed …1955 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
disappointed – verbs
– BRING ONE’S PIGS TO A FINE MARKET to be disappointed or unsuccessful in a venture; chiefly ironic usage …1693
– HANG ONE’S LIP to sulk or pout; to act annoyed or disappointed …1950 Amer. dial.
– HAVE ONE’S MEAT DO ONE NO GOOD to be discontented or churlish; to be vexed, disappointed, to humiliated …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SEE THE ELEPHANT to see what there is to see; to experience something to the end; to become jaded or disappointed …1844 Amer. dial.
– SHOOT ONE’S GRANDMOTHER to make a great mistake; to be disappointed; to think you have discovered what was well known before …1855 Amer.
disappointed – phrases
– DONT’ MAKE A BAHN-NAHN a request not to be let down or disappointed …1900s African-American sl.
– MEAL CAME HOME SHORT FROM THE MILLER, THE expectations were disappointed …1890 Sc.
DISAPPOINTING, DISAPPOINTMENT – adjectives
– FAKE bad, disappointing, negative …1990s US students’ sl.
– FALLACIOUS that causes disappointment; mocking expectation, delusive …1667
– FRUSTRATORY resulting in disappointment; disappointing …1490 obs.
– SALTLESS disappointing …1820 Sc.
disappointing, disappointment – nouns
– ANTICIPOINTMENT a disappointment about something that has been anticipated …Bk2006 US sl.
– ASS-BREAKER that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or arduous task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment …1961 Amer. sl.
– BAD EGG a scheme that disappoints expectation … 1855
– BALK the failure of an expectation; a disappointment …1733
– BALLBREAKER that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or difficult task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment …1942 US sl.
– BALLBUSTER that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or difficult task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment …1942 US sl.
– BALL-CRUSHER that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or difficult task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment …1970 US sl.
– BAULK a disappointment …1733
– BEGECK † a cheating disappointment; a trick …c1600 obs. exc. Sc.
– BEGEEK † a cheating disappointment …c1600 obs. exc. Sc.
– BEGINK a disappointment, misfortune …1725 Sc.
– BEGONK a trick, a disappointment, misfortune …1725 Eng. dial.
– BEGUILE a deception, a trick; disappointment …1637 Sc.
– BEGUNK a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception; a disappointment, misfortune …1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BLIP a surprise; a sudden disappointment; anything quick and insignificant; a one-time thing of little importance …1940s African-American sl.
– BLUE DUCK a disappointment; a dud; a lost cause, a failure …1889 Aust. & NZ sl.
– BUMMER a disappointing, unpleasant, or unwanted situation or experience; a disappointment, a failure …1967 orig. US
– COMEDOWN a letdown; a disappointment …Bk2006 US sl.
– DAMP a disappointment; a rebuff …1714 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DAMP RAG a disappointment; a blighted hop …1940s Amer. sl.
– DASHING disappointment …1813 Eng. dial.
– DEADBEAT a fraudulent or worthless item; also, a deception or disappointment …1866 Amer. sl.
– DENIAL a disadvantage, detriment, hindrance; loss, injury; a disappointment …1895 Eng. dial.
– DISAPPOINT disappointment …1922 Amer. dial.
– DUNT a sudden shock or setback; an acute disappointment …1811 Sc.
– DUST AND ASHES severe disappointment or disillusionment …1902
– GUTSER, GUTZER a disappointment; a let-down; a misfortune …1910s Aust. sl.
– GYP an unfair action; a bitter disappointment …1914 Amer. sl.
– HEART-SCALD a great grief, disappointment, trouble …1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– KICK IN THE ASS shocking or disappointing news …M20 US colloq.
– KING’S ELEVATOR an extreme put-down, disappointment, or affront …M20 US sl.
– LAME SCENE a disappointing, boring event, typically a tedious party …1960s African-American sl.
– LEMON a disappointment, anything worthless or fraudulent, esp. a poor quality drug purchase …1910s sl.
– LEMONER a disappointment; something depressing …1970s Irish sl.
– LICKING a reversal or disappointment; defeat or setback … c1800 colloq.
– LOSER a handicap; an obstacle, a disappointment …c1920 sl.
– MISBEGOWK a deception, disappointment …1896 Sc.
– NACKET a disappointment, rebuke, etc. …1801 Sc.
– NAILS a disappointment; a failure …1981 Hawaii juvenile usage
– PISSER a disappointing experience …1960s Amer. sl.
– ROYAL SCREW an extreme putdown, disappointment, or affront …20C US sl.
– ROYAL SHAFT an extreme putdown, disappointment, or affront …20C US sl.
– SELL a cheat; a practical joke; something that disappoints expectations …1838 sl.
– SICKENER anything depressing, disappointing, or frustrating; a sad outcome …19C sl.
– SICKNER anything depressing, disappointing, or frustrating …19C sl.
– SUCK a deception; a disappointing event or result …1856 sl.
– SUCK-IN a deception; a disappointing event or result; cheat, a trick …1856 sl.
– TURKEY an inferior or unsuccessful film or theatrical production; hence, anything disappointing or of inferior value …1927 US sl.
disappointing, disappointment – person
– BAD EGG a person or a scheme that disappoints expectation; a useless or lazy person; a ne’er-do-well … 1855
– DEADLEG a feeble, lazy, or disappointing person …1950s Brit. sl.
disappointing, disappointment – verbs
– BURST ONE’S BOILER to come to grief, to bring to grief; to suffer disappointment, misfortune or other trouble …1824 US
– FIZZLE OUT to come to a disappointing end; to fade out …a1848 colloq.
disappointing, disappointment – interjections/phrases
– ACH! an exclamation of impatience, disappointment, contempt, etc …1871 Sc.
– AUGH! an exclamation of impatience, disappointment, contempt, etc …1871 Sc.
– BALLS! an expression of disappointment, disgust, or resignation; utter nonsense! rubbish! …1857 US sl.
– BUMMER! expresses disappointment or annoyance, or sympathy for another’s ill fortune …1973
– CHA! used for registering impatience, disdain, or disappointment …1827 Jamaica
– CHO! used for registering impatience, disdain, or disappointment …1827 Jamaica
– CRUD! used as a mild substitute for a swear word, esp. expressing disgust, annoyance, disappointment …1945
– DABBISH IT! an exclamation of surprise or disappointment …1869 Eng. dial.
– DAMN! a profane imprecation; an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, annoyance, frustration, etc. …1589
– DAMN IT! an exclamation of disappointment, annoyance, irritation, frustration, etc. …1589 UK
– DANG! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. …1821
– DANG IT! damn! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. …L18 euphemism
– DARN! damn!; an exclamation of disappointment, annoyance, irritation, frustration, etc. …1781
– DARN IT! an exclamation of disappointment, annoyance, irritation, frustration, etc. …1781
– DERN! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. …1780s euphemism
– DERN IT! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. …1780s
– DURN! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. …1780s
– DURN IT! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. …1780s
– GOOD GRIEF! used as an all-purpose expression of surprise, anger, disappointment, dismay …1937 US sl.
– HELL’S BELLS AND LITTLE FISHES! used as an expression of vexation or disappointment …1959 Amer. dial.
– HELL’S BELLS AND PANTHER TRACKS! used as an expression of vexation or disappointment …1919 Amer. dial.
– HORSE APPLES! int. nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. …1933 US sl.
– HORSECRAP! nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. …1934 US sl.
– HORSE DOOKIE! nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. …1973 US sl.
– HORSEFEATHERS! nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. …1932 US sl.
– HORSE HOCKEY! nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. …1980 US sl.
– HORSE MANURE! nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. …1958 US sl.
– HORSE PUCKY! nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. …1975 US sl.
– HORSERADISH! nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. …1924 US sl.
– HORSES! exclamation expressing anger or disappointment …1927-28 Amer. sl.
– HORSESHIT! nonsense!; exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. …1934 US sl.
– IT’S NO CATCH it’s very hard work, very disappointing, unpleasant, dangerous …19C sl.
– NAY THEN! an exclamation of wonder, doubt, disappointment, sympathy, or remonstrance …1790 Eng. dial.
– OH FUDGE! a mild expression of disappointment or frustration …20C sl.
– SHUCKS! exclamation of disappointment, annoyance etc. …US & Can. colloq.
DISAPPROVAL – adjectives
– COD expressing contempt or disapproval …1960s sl.
– CODALINA expressing contempt or disapproval …1960s sl.
– CODETTAREENARONE expressing contempt or disapproval …1960s sl.
– CODETTE expressing contempt or disapproval …1960s sl.
– EYEBROW-RAISING surprising, shocking; causing disapproval or scepticism …1922
disapproval – nouns
– BIRD, THE a show of disapproval by an audience, esp. in the form of hissing …1884 sl., orig. theatrical usage
– EYE-BLINKING * an instance of disapproving of or ignoring something impolite or indecorous …1891
– EYE-ROLLER something that causes disapproval, disbelief, etc. …1986
– KICK IN THE PANTS, A a grave or humbling setback; an expression of severe criticism or disapproval …1933
– KICK IN THE TEETH, A a grave or humbling setback; an expression of severe criticism or disapproval …1972
– OLD-FASHIONED LOOK a glance of quizzical disapproval …1961 UK sl.
disapproval – nouns, term of disapproval
– HOOA, HOOER, HOOR, HUA, HUER a term of general disapproval, applied to either sex …1950s Aust. sl.
disapproval – person
– BOO-BIRD a person who boos frequently at games or other public events; one who shows disapproval …Bk2006 US sl.
– EYEBROW-RAISER a person who expresses surprise, scepticism, or disapproval, esp. habitually or frequently …1909
disapproval – verbs
– CRY SHAME ON to express vigorous disapproval of
– CRY SHAME UPON to express vigorous disapproval of
– RAISE EYEBROWS to cause surprise, scepticism, or mild disapproval; to shock …1921
disapproval – interjections/phrases
– BITE THE BAG! used to express contempt or disapproval, and rejection; Go away! To hell with you! …1952 Amer. sl.
– BUFFALO BAGELS! used for expressing disapproval …1972 US sl.
– CAT’S FOOT! an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, dissent, or disapproval …1877 Amer. dial.
– CAT’S HIND FOOT! an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, dissent, or disapproval …1939 Amer. dial.
– COME ON! an exclamation of disbelief, disapproval, etc. …1603
– EAT SHIT AND DIE! used as a powerful expression of dislike or disapproval …1986 US sl.
– HARRUMPH! exclamation expressing disapproval …M20
– HOW YOU DO TALK! exclamation of disapproval or disagreement …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– KAE! † an exclamation of disapproval, contempt, or incredulity …a1779 Scot
– KAY-KAY! † an exclamation of disapproval, contempt, or incredulity …1828 Scot
– NOT IN MY NAME a slogan of disavowal of prevailing attitudes …1994 US
– NOT IN OUR NAME a slogan of disavowal of prevailing attitudes …1994 US
– RATS! an exclamation of annoyance, despair, disgust, or disapproval …1886 orig. US
– RUFTY-TUFTY † an expression of disapproval …1606
– SICK AND WRONG! used for conveying a strong disagreement or disapproval …1989 US sl.
– WOULDN’T IT! a exclamation indicating dismay, disapproval, disgust, etc. …Aust. sl.
DISAPPROVE – person
– WAG-POW a head-shaker, one who disapproves by shaking his head …1926 Sc.
disapprove – verbs
– BECLEPE † to appeal against, to object to, to disapprove …c1320
– CHIACK, CHYACK to express derision or disapproval of; to barrack; to tease …1853 Aust. & NZ sl.
– CHI-HIKE, CHI-IKE to express derision or disapproval of; to tease …1874 sl.
– GOOSE to express disapproval of a play, actor, etc. by hissing …1838 theatrical sl.
– TAKE A DIM VIEW OF to disapprove of …1941 colloq.
DISAPPROVING – adjectives
– OLD-FASHIONED of a look or glance: disapproving …20C sl.
– PO-FACED characterized by or assuming an expressionless or impassive face; hence, humourless, disapproving …c1900
– UNPLAUSIVE † not approving, disapproving …1606.
disapproving – person
– HEAD-SHAKER a person who shakes his or her head, esp. as an expression of disapproval, disagreement, sorrow, etc.; a person with a negative or disapproving attitude …1813
DISAPPROVINGLY – adverbs
– SKEEF disapprovingly …1969 S. Afr. sl.
DISARM – verbs
– DEARM †* to disarm …1727
DISARRANGE – verbs
– BULLOX to throw into disorder or confusion; to mix up; to mess or disarrange things …1949 Amer. dial.
– DECOMBOBLATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1965 Amer. dial.
– DECONCERT †* to disconcert, to disarrange, to disorder …1715
– DISANNUL to disarrange, to inconvenience, to interfere with, to injure …1857 Eng. dial.
– DISCOMBOBBLE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1965 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1840 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBOLATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1943 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBRACATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1834 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBULATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1916 Amer. sl.
– DISCOMBOOBELATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1965 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1943 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOOBLE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1965 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOOMERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1965 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBULATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1965 Amer. dial.
– DISCONBOBBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1965 Amer. dial.
– DISCUMBOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1916 Amer. dial.
– FERHOONSE to botch; to mix up, to disarrange …1950 Amer. dial.
– HAMPER to injure; to disarrange; to throw out of gear …1892 Eng. dial.
– MALAGAROUSE to dishevel, to disarrange, to knock about; to spoil …1894 Sc.
– MALAGARUZE to dishevel, to disarrange, to knock about; to spoil …1894 Sc.
– MALAGRUIZE to dishevel, to disarrange, to knock about; to spoil …1894 Sc.
– MAMMOCK, MOMMOCK, MUMMOCK to disarrange, to tumble, to throw into confusion; to pull about, to mess, to make dirty; to worry …1899 Eng. dial.
– MISBEET to disarrange, to mis-match …1805 Sc.
– MUCKLE UP to disarrange, to jumble, to rumple …1970 Amer. dial.
– MUSS to mess, to disarrange …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– NEVEL to handle or finger things awkwardly so as to soil or disarrange …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAMFEEZLE to disarrange, to muddle …1786 Sc.
– RAMFOOZLE to disarrange, to muddle …1786 Sc.
– REEL-RALL to move or work in a confused manner; to disarrange; to walk in an aimless, disorderly fashion …Bk1904 Sc.
– TAFFLE to handle roughly, to ruffle, to rumple, to disarrange …1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TEAR UP to mess up, to make untidy or disorderly, to muddle up, to disarrange …1939 Amer. dial.
– TEW to shake, to toss; to keep in motion; to rumple, to disarrange; to tumble; to pull about …1870 Eng. dial.
– THROW to hinder; to disarrange; to disappoint; to defeat …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIFFLE to disorder, to disarrange; to entangle; to ravel …1811 chiefly Eng. dial.
– TIFLE to disorder, to disarrange; to entangle; to ravel …1811 chiefly Eng. dial.
– UNFETTLE to disarrange, to disturb, to undo, to unsettle …1889 Eng. dial.
DISARRANGED – adjectives
– AFLUNTERS in a state of disorder; disarranged …1891 Eng. dial.
– IN A MUX confused, disarranged, messy …1846 Amer. dial.
DISARRAY – adjectives
– ALL OVER THE PLACE LIKE A MADWOMAN’S CUSTARD in chaos, in utter disarray …1953 Aust.
– ALL OVER THE PLACE LIKE A MADWOMAN’S KNITTING in chaos, in utter disarray …1953 Aust.
– ALL OVER THE PLACE LIKE A MADWOMAN’S LUNCH-BOX in chaos, in utter disarray …1953 Aust.
– ALL OVER THE PLACE LIKE A MADWOMAN’S SHIT in chaos, in utter disarray …1953 Aust.
– ALL OVER THE SHOP confused, in disarray; everywhere …1874 UK sl.
– MUCKED UP in disarray. confused; spoiled …1996 US sl.
disarray – adverbs
– CAT-WEST into disarray, confusion, or destruction …1946 Amer. dial.
disarray – nouns
– CADDLE disorder, disarray, confusion, disturbance …1825 Eng. dial.
– DERAY uproar, merriment, noise, disorder, chaos, disarray; a noisy party …1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DISCABOOBULATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity …1986 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBOLATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity …1911 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBULATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity …1839 Amer. dial.
– KADDLE confusion, disorder, disarray, embarrassment …1870 Eng. dial.
– MONKEY’S WEDDING a state of disorder or disarray …1884 Amer. dial.
– MONKEY’S WEDDING BREAKFAST a state of disorder or disarray …1884 Amer. dial.
DISASSOCIATE – verbs
– WANT OUT to wish to be disassociated from …L19 sl.
DISASTER – adjectives
– MALEFIC productive of disaster or evil …1652
disaster – nouns
– AATACLAPS a disaster, a calamity …1990s W. Indies sl.
– ANGALUCK an accident, a disaster …1866 Sc.
– BAD NEWS a dangerous or disastrous thing, situation, etc. …1917 Amer. sl.
– BALLS-UP a real mix-up; a mess, muddle; a chaotic state of affairs; a fiasco, a disaster …1929 sl.
– BUSTIFICATION an explosion; a disaster; a quarrel …1906 Amer. dial.
– BUTT-FUCK an instance of victimization; an unfortunate event; a disaster …1986 US sl.
– CUT an act whereby the feelings are deeply wounded, as a sarcasm, an act of unkindness, etc.; a severe disaster or misfortune; a blow, a shock …1568
– DIMRACKER a disaster; a complete failure …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EVIL HEAL † disaster, harm …c1175
– EVIL HEALTH † bad luck, hurt, disaster …c1477
– FRIG-UP, FRIGG-UP a disaster; a blunder; a mess …1940s sl., orig. Aust.
– GLOCKEN a start from a fright; a sudden shock; an unexpected disaster …1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– ILL YEAR † misfortune, disaster …1598
– N.A.B.U. a complete disaster; an irreconcilable mess (Non-Adjusting Balls-Up) …1940s sl., orig. US military
– S.A.B.U. a complete disaster (Self-Adjusting Balls-Up) …1940s sl., orig. US military
– SHITSTORM a frenetic or disastrous event; a commotion, a tumult …1948 sl., orig. US
– SINISTERED AREA in Quebec: a disaster area …2001 Can. sl.
– T.A.B.U. a complete disaster (Typical Army Balls-Up) …1940s sl., orig. US military
disaster – person
– CALAMITY HOWLER a person who predicts disaster; a prophet of doom …1892 US sl.
– CALAMITY JANE a nagging woman; a pessimist; a worrier; a prophet of disaster …1918 US sl.
– CALAMITY SHOUTER a person who predicts disaster; a prophet of doom …1892 US sl.
disaster – verbs
– BURST ONE’S BOILER to come to grief, to meet with disaster or failure …1824 colloq.
– BUST ONE’S BALLS to meet with disaster …1957 US sl.
– BUST ONE’S BOILER to come to grief, to meet with disaster or failure …1834 colloq.
disaster – phrases
– AFTER THE DUST CLEARS when a troubling, confusing, or disastrous event is finally over …Bk2004
– ANOTHER DOUBLE MUG IS BROKE said when a new misfortune or disaster has occurred …19C Eng. dial.
– DEVIL UPON DUN, THE the devil riding a horse; used as a type or emblem of imminent disaster or impending doom …1634
DISASTROUS – adjectives
– CATASTROPHAL of the nature of a catastrophe; disastrous …1842
– DISVENTUROUS † unfortunate, disastrous …1742
– FUNESTOUS † causing or portending death or evil; fatal, disastrous; dreadful …1641
disastrous – nouns
– DYNAMITE someone or something potentially unsettling, dangerous, or disastrous …1922
– HORROR SHOW an occasion or experience that is embarrassing, disgusting, frightening, disastrous, or the like; anything unpleasant …1959 Amer. sl.
disastrous – person
– BAD NEWS a dangerous or disastrous person …1917 Amer. sl.
disastrous – verbs
– BUY THE FARM to get into a disastrous situation …1961 Amer. sl.
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