'Deranged' definitions:
Definition of 'deranged'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Driven insane [syn: crazed, deranged, half-crazed]
Definition of 'Deranged'
From: GCIDE
- Derange \De*range"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deranged; p. pr. & vb. n. Deranging.] [F. d['e]ranger; pref. d['e]- = d['e]s- (L. dis) + ranger to range. See Range, and cf. Disarrange, Disrank.]
- 1. 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; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism. [1913 Webster]
- A sudden fall deranges some of our internal parts. --Blair. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.
- Syn: To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb; confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deranged'
From: GCIDE
- Deranged \De*ranged"\, a. Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane. [1913 Webster]
- The story of a poor deranged parish lad. --Lamb. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deranged'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnormal,
- amiss,
- askew,
- awry,
- balmy,
- bananas,
- barmy,
- bats,
- batty,
- bereft of reason,
- berserk,
- bonkers,
- brainsick,
- cockeyed,
- convulsed,
- crackbrained,
- cracked,
- crazed,
- crazy,
- cuckoo,
- daft,
- deluded,
- demented,
- deprived of reason,
- dippy,
- disarranged,
- discomfited,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- dislocated,
- disordered,
- disorderly,
- disorganized,
- disoriented,
- distraught,
- disturbed,
- dotty,
- flighty,
- hallucinated,
- haywire,
- in disorder,
- insane,
- irrational,
- kooky,
- loco,
- loony,
- lunatic,
- mad,
- maddened,
- maniac,
- manic,
- mazed,
- mental,
- mentally deficient,
- meshuggah,
- misplaced,
- moon-struck,
- non compos,
- non compos mentis,
- not all there,
- not right,
- nuts,
- nutty,
- odd,
- of unsound mind,
- off,
- on the fritz,
- out of gear,
- out of joint,
- out of kelter,
- out of kilter,
- out of order,
- out of place,
- out of tune,
- out of whack,
- perturbed,
- potty,
- psycho,
- psychotic,
- queer,
- reasonless,
- roily,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- shuffled,
- sick,
- stark-mad,
- stark-staring mad,
- strange,
- tetched,
- touched,
- turbid,
- turbulent,
- unbalanced,
- unhinged,
- unsane,
- unsettled,
- unsound,
- upset,
- wacky,
- wandering,
- witless