Synonyms of derange

derange

verb

di-ˈrānj 

1

as in to disturb

to cause to go insane or as if insane

being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturb
• bother
• unbalance
• unhinge
• distract
• unsettle
• frenzy
• confuse
• upset
• annoy
• perturb
• madden
• irritate
• agitate
• unstring
• craze
• loco
• crack
• disquiet
• vex
• discompose

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothe
• settle
• calm
• relax
• quiet
• tranquilize
• tranquillize

2

as in to disrupt

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

the storage room had all been deranged by the earthquake, and it took hours to sort things out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupt
• disturb
• confuse
• disorganize
• shuffle
• disarrange
• upset
• disarray
• dislocate
• muddle
• disorder
• jumble
• scramble
• muss
• mix (up)
• discompose
• disjoint
• dishevel
• tumble
• unsettle
• hash
• perturb
• snarl
• tousle
• embroil
• tangle
• mess (up)
• rumple
• entangle
• stir (up)
• clutter
• agitate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regulate
• order
• organize
• dispose
• arrange
• array
• range
• straighten (up)
• marshal
• align
• draw up
• adjust
• marshall
• classify
• tidy
• line
• line up
• systematize
• codify
• fix
• queue
• aline
• make up
• systemize
• spruce (up)
• groom
• methodize
• unscramble

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of derange

Terriers are deranged animals who could probably teach us a lot about how brains pointlessly track small movements and changes; these traits of theirs far exceed those needed to hunt small rustling prey. —Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023

Eventually this damage can derange cells enough to result in cancer. —David J. Waters, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015

Clearly, he is deranged. —Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023

The theme of restive youth deranged by suburban propriety was one that Cookie, born Dorothy Karen Mueller in 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland, knew all too well. —Negar Azimi, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023