derange Definition
de·range (dē rānj′, di-)
transitive verb -·ranged′, -·rang′·ing
- to upset the arrangement, order, or operation of; unsettle; disorder
- to make insane
Etymology: Fr déranger < OFr desrengier < des- (L dis-), apart + rengier: see range
derange Related Forms
de·ranged′ adjective
de·range′·ment noun
derange Synonyms
derange
v.
derange Usage Examples
Object
- killer: Both of them have been chained to opposite sides of the room by a deranged killer.
- mind: He wants to know what is going on in Powell's seemingly deranged mind.
- fan: The Sun today exaggerates news of Kylie being stalked by a ' deranged fan ' .
- man: He received an award for bravery for his off duty arrest of a deranged armed man who discharged a firearm.
- woman: Or was the child already dead and there was a deranged woman in there, crooning to a lifeless body?
- person: Steve Bush usually came on like some deranged person, half Iggy half Ian Curtis.
Adjective complement
local: Continue Reading News from Sardinia Spoleto mayor slashed by deranged local By Web Editor.
Modifying Another Word
- mentally: Steven Miller Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Are you mentally deranged?
- slightly: I said: I mean yesterday's Standard. I realized I might be slightly deranged.
- seriously: Armed with a rad pistol and a seriously deranged psyche, Lister II becomes the most terrifying threat the crew have ever faced.
- so: Simon gets down to some very nasty revenge that is so deranged they haven't found words for it yet.
- not: His white count was not elevated so as to suggest an infection and his electrolytes were not deranged so as to suggest dehydration.
- utterly: Gloriously overwritten and utterly deranged, this is legendary stuff, without a doubt the most truly bizarre film in the history of cinema.
Used with why or when
when: Did they all think he was deranged when he uttered these pronouncements?
Infinitive complement
suspect: I'm absolutely sure no-one here is deranged enough to really suspect foul play.
Present participle complement
Browse dictionary entries near derange
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