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derange
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb derange has 2 senses
- derange(v = verb.emotion) unbalance - derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane; "The death of his parents unbalanced him" is one way to craze, madden
- derange(v = verb.change) perturb, throw out of kilter - throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt" is one way to disarray, disorder
Derived form noun derangement1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
Derived form noun derangement2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
derange, v.tr.
1 throw into confusion; disorganize; cause to act irregularly.
2 (esp. as deranged adj.) make insane (deranged by the tragic events).
3 disturb; interrupt.
1 throw into confusion; disorganize; cause to act irregularly.
2 (esp. as deranged adj.) make insane (deranged by the tragic events).
3 disturb; interrupt.
Derivative
derangement n.
Etymology
F d{eacute}ranger (as DE-, rang RANK(1))
THESAURUS
derange
afflict, clutter, craze, debilitate, dement, devitalize, disable, disarrange, disarray, discommode, discompose, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, distract, disturb, drive insane, drive mad, enervate, enfeeble, frenzy, hospitalize, incapacitate, incommode, inconvenience, indispose, invalid, lay up, litter, mad, madden, make mad, mess, mess up, misarrange, muss, muss up, perturb, reduce, ruffle, rummage, rumple, scatter, send mad, shatter, sicken, tousle, turn, unbalance, unhinge, unsettle, upset, weakenROGET THESAURUS
derange
Disorder
VB be disorderly, ferment, play at cross-purposes, put out of order, derange, ravel, ruffle, rumple.Derangement
VB derange, disarrange, misarrange, displace, misplace, mislay, discompose, disorder, deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize, embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble, shuffle, randomize, huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot, bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder, muss, break the ranks, disconcert, convulse, break in upon, unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear, turn topsy-turvy, bedevil, complicate, involve, perplex, confound, imbrangle, embrangle, tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle, dishevel, ruffle, rumple, litter, scatter, mix, rearrange.Amorphism
VB deface, disfigure, deform, mutilate, truncate, derange, blemish, mar.
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