scattered

Meaning

Verb

simple past and past participle of scatter

Adj

1. Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.
2. Scattered applause
3. Seemingly randomly distributed.
4. Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
5. Affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.

Synonyms

dispersed

spread

strewn

in pieces

disordered

in parts

dissipated

disconnected

in small groups

in disorder

diffused

confused

😕

occasional

sparse

disperse

unconnected

here and there

wide-open

in disarray

garbled

into pieces

distributed

diffuse

thrown about

disjointed

spread-out

disorder

scatter

sporadic

spread out

sprinkled

illogical

disorderly

tangled

cast

loose

messy

shaken off

spilt

straggling

strewed

tangle

thin

thrown

tumultuous

undisciplined

unorganized

wide

allocated

spread about

in drops

be dispersed

torn asunder

communication

be dissipated

untidu

covered over

put to flight

asunder

at random

bespattered

break up

broken up

cast about

chaotic

circulated

cluttered

crumble

crumbling

destroyed

detached

dispersion

distribute

divergence

divided

everywhere

few

🤏

filled

hurled

in all directions

infrequent

intermittent

little

periodical

popular

pour

radiated

rare

removed

rustling

scarce

scrappy

separate

separated

Translations

épars

éparpillé

dispersé

disperso

sparso

zerstreut

disseminato

sporadique

zerstreute

clairsemé

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskætɚd/

Sentences

In the event , Lord Grey withdrew ahead of the day , and the plotters scattered .

Prior to that , Galway had many one-room school houses scattered throughout the town .