chaotic

CEFRC1

/keɪˈɒtɪk/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Very confused and lacking order.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Extremely disorganized or in disarray.

Examples

  • Fadil was raised by a single mother in a chaotic household.

  • It was a little chaotic.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • [kæɪˈɔɾɪk]
  • [keɪˈɑɾɪk]

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very different outcome.

  2. Filled with chaos.

  3. Aligned against following or upholding laws and principles.

More examples

In context

  • What a chaotic day.

  • Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver said Tuesday that the federal assault charges filed against her a day earlier related to a chaotic melee outside an Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention facility are “absurd.”

  • Yes, there is death in this business of whaling—a speechlessly quick chaotic bundling of a man into Eternity.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Late Latin chaoticus (“of or pertaining to the primordial state of the universe”), from Latin chaos (“chaos”) + -ticus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns); analysable as chaos + -otic. Doublet of gassy.