deranged; deranging
1
: to disturb the operation or functions of
deranged by even the slightest damage
2
: disarrange
hatless, with tie deranged—
G. W. Stonier
G. W. Stonier3
: to make mentally unsound
Examples of derange in a Sentence
being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone
the storage room had all been deranged by the earthquake, and it took hours to sort things out
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Oliver Darcy, CNN, 31 May 2023
The busy, fevered covers—everyone looks deranged—practically shout for a browser’s attention, in contrast to the subtler ones gracing later Clowes books like Wilson (2010) and Patience (2016).
—Ed Park, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2023
But in her new album Workin’ on a World, that goodness is now deranged.
—Armond White, National Review, 28 Apr. 2023
Where could a show this beautifully deranged go from here?
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
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“Derange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/derange. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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derange
verb
de·range
di-ˈrānj 
deranged; deranging
1
: to put out of order : disarrange
hair deranged by the wind
2
often offensive
: to make insane
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