Chaotic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /keɪˈɒtɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Chaotic is an adjective meaning Filled with chaos.
Meaning
Filled with chaos.
More Meanings
- Extremely disorganized or in disarray.
- (mathematics) Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very different outcome.
- (roleplaying games) Aligned against following or upholding laws and principles.
- (roleplaying games) A character having a chaotic alignment.
Example Sentences
Yes, there is death in this business of whaling—a speechlessly quick chaotic bundling of a man into Eternity.
In theſe early and unrefined Ages, the jarring Parts of a certain chaotick Conſtitution ſupported their ſeveral Pretenſions by the Sword. Experience and Policy have ſince taught other Methods.
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.”
Eventually, the railway opened on Monday, December 14, 1896, with a universal fare of 1d. collected at the turnstiles, and conditions were immediately chaotic, as many passengers travelled round and round, and refused to leave the cars.
Word Forms
- chaotick
- chaotics
Synonyms for chaotic
Depending on context, synonyms include shambolic, wild, disorderly, helter-skelter, disorganized.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include disorganized, disorderly, helter-skelter, wild, shambolic, mayhem.
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