derange[verb]Synonyms: disorder, disarrange, disarray, discompose, disorganize, disturb, mess (up), rummage, unsettle, upset, sicken, turn, unhinge, madden, craze, distract, frenzy, unbalance
Antonyms: arrange, adjust
Contrasted words: compose, settle
Related Words: perturb,
discommode,
incommode,
inconvenience [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
derange verb trans. [dɪ'reɪndʒ] L18.[French déranger (Old French desrengier, desregner DERAIGN verb2), from dé-, des- DE- 3 + rang RANK noun.]1. Disturb or destroy the arrangement of; throw into confusion; disorder, disarrange.
L18.■ Ld Macaulay This letter deranged all the projects of James.2. Disturb the normal state, working, or operation of; cause to act irregularly.
L18.■ B. C. Brodie Habits..which tend in any degree to derange the animal functions, should be scrupulously avoided. ■ D. H. Lawrence Time was all deranged.3. Make insane; drive mad. Freq. as
deranged ppl adjective.
L18.■ E. Caldwell He had been killed by a deranged person. ■ P. Rose The eldest child was quite deranged with joy and suffered convulsions.4. Intrude on, interrupt.
M19.■ R. L. Stevenson I am sorry to have deranged you for so small a matter. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲