Meaning

4 senses
  1. Filled with chaos.

    chaotisch

    хаоти́ческийxaotíčeskij, хаоти́чныйxaotíčnyj

  2. Extremely disorganized or in disarray.

    chaotisch

    хаоти́чныйxaotíčnyj, беспоря́дочныйbesporjádočnyj

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

    of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions

  4. Aligned against following or upholding laws and principles.

Examples

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  1. It was pretty chaotic.

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  2. It can be chaotic.

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  3. The situation became chaotic.

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  4. Things quickly got chaotic.

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  5. It was a little chaotic.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
filled with chaos:
extremely disorganized or in disarray:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
filled with chaos:

Origin

From Late Latin chaoticus (“of or pertaining to the primordial state of the universe”), fr

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.

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Forms

more chaotic, most chaotic
Comparativemore chaotic Lesson
Superlativemost chaotic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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