Derange

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To disturb the order or arrangement of.
  • v. To upset the normal condition or functioning of.
  • v. To disturb mentally; make insane.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to cause someone to go insane (usually used in the passive, see deranged)
  • v. to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state
  • v. to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange.
  • v. To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism.
  • v. To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To disturb the regular order of; throw into confusion; disconcert; disarrange: as, to derange plans or affairs.
  • To disturb the state, action, or functions of; put out of proper order or condition; disorder; unsettle: as, to derange a machine; his health is much deranged; to derange one's mind or reason.
  • To disorder the mind of; unsettle the reason of, as a person.
  • To disarrange, displace, unsettle, confuse, embarrass, discompose, disconcert.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. throw into great confusion or disorder
  • v. derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane
  • Verb Form
    deranged    deranges    deranging   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disorder    disarray    craze    madden   
    Cross Reference
    disarrange    disturb    confuse    disorganize   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    discompose    displace    ruffle    disconcert    disorder    disarrange    confuse    unsettle    disturb   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ange    Grange    arrange    change    downrange    estrange    exchange    grange    interchange    long-range