deranged


Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

de·range

 (dĭ-rānj′)
tr.v. de·ranged, de·rang·ing, de·rang·es
1. To disturb the order, arrangement, or functioning of: an asteroid impact large enough to derange the climate.
2. To upset (normal condition or functioning, as of a bodily organ).
3. To cause to be psychotic or otherwise severely mentally unsound.

[French déranger, from Old French desrengier : des-, de- + reng, line (of Germanic origin; see sker- in Indo-European roots).]

de·range′ment n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

deranged

(dɪˈreɪndʒd)
adj
(Psychiatry) suffering from a severe mental illness; insane
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.deranged - driven insane
insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

deranged

adjective mad, crazy, insane, distracted, frantic, frenzied, irrational, maddened, crazed, lunatic, demented, unbalanced, berserk, delirious, unhinged, loopy (informal), crackpot (informal), out to lunch (informal), barking mad (slang), barking (slang), gonzo (slang), doolally (slang), off your trolley (slang), up the pole (informal), not the full shilling (informal), wacko or whacko (slang) A deranged man shot and killed 14 people in the main square.
sane, normal, calm, all there (informal), lucid, of sound mind, compos mentis (Latin), in your right mind, mentally sound
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
مُشَوَّش، مُضْطَرِب
vyšinutý
forstyrret
megháborodott
ruglaîur, sturlaîur
pamišęs
nenormālspsihiski traucēts

deranged

[dɪˈreɪndʒd] ADJ [person] → loco, desquiciado; [mind] → perturbado
to be (mentally) derangedestar desquiciado, ser un perturbado mental
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

deranged

[dɪˈreɪndʒd] adj
to be deranged (= mentally ill) → avoir le cerveau dérangé
mentally deranged → mentalement dérangé(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

deranged

adj mindgestört, verwirrt, verstört; person, gunmangeistesgestört
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

deranged

[dɪˈreɪndʒd] adj (mind) → sconvolto/a; (person) → squilibrato/a
to be (mentally) deranged → essere uno/a squilibrato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

deranged

(diˈreindʒd) adjective
insane. His mind had become deranged as a result of his ordeal; mentally deranged.
deˈrangement noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

deranged

a. perturbado-a; trastornado-a;
___ metabolic processtrastorno del proceso metabólico.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
References in classic literature ?
or only a poor mad woman, misled by the delusion of a deranged mind?'
Bartholomew was due to Charles IX's stomach being deranged. But to men who do not admit that Russia was formed by the will of one man, Peter I, or that the French Empire was formed and the war with Russia begun by the will of one man, Napoleon, that argument seems not merely untrue and irrational, but contrary to all human reality.
It deranged his best plan of domestic happiness, his best hope of keeping Sir Walter single by the watchfulness which a son-in-law's rights would have given.
"I told him--what I think it only right to repeat to you--that I do not feel justified in acting on my own opinion that her mind is deranged. In the case of this friendless woman I want medical authority, and, more even than that, I want some positive proof, to satisfy my conscience as well as to confirm my view.
"Monsieur," said the young Duc d'Anjou, placing his hand, delicate and white as that of a woman, upon the arm of Athos, "tell that brave man, I beg you, that Monsieur, brother of the king, will to-morrow drink his health before five hundred of the best gentlemen of France." And, on finishing these words, the young man, perceiving that his enthusiasm had deranged one of his ruffles, set to work to put it to rights with the greatest care imaginable.
And you know that a man who is deranged and not right in his mind, will fancy that he is able to rule, not only over men, but also over the gods?
As in former years, at the beginning of the spring he had gone to a foreign watering-place for the sake of his health, deranged by the winter's work that every year grew heavier.
Her health seemed for the moment completely deranged appetite quite goneand though there were no absolutely alarming symptoms, nothing touching the pulmonary complaint, which was the standing apprehension of the family, Mr.
"Such a delay would not have deranged my plans in the least," said Mr.
Thus completely deranged as parties, we took to discussing philosophical matters in general; an occupation well adapted to a situation that required so great an exercise of discretion.
The faithful maid had left the mistress, whom she had loved and served, sinking under a fatal illness--and had put another woman in her place, careless of what that woman might discover by listening at the bedside--rather than confront Emily after she had been within hearing of her aunt while the brain of the suffering woman was deranged by fever.
"To speak plainly, the man's nervous system is seriously deranged. I noticed something strange in him when he first came to consult me about his mother's health.