'Derange' definitions:
Definition of 'derange'
(from WordNet)
verb
Derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane; "The death of his parents unbalanced him" [syn: unbalance, derange]
verb
Throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt" [syn: perturb, derange, throw out of kilter]
Definition of 'Derange'
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]
Synonyms of 'derange'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afflict,
- clutter,
- craze,
- debilitate,
- dement,
- devitalize,
- disable,
- disarrange,
- disarray,
- discommode,
- discompose,
- dishevel,
- dislocate,
- disorder,
- disorganize,
- distract,
- disturb,
- drive insane,
- drive mad,
- enervate,
- enfeeble,
- frenzy,
- hospitalize,
- incapacitate,
- incommode,
- inconvenience,
- indispose,
- invalid,
- lay up,
- litter,
- mad,
- madden,
- make mad,
- mess,
- mess up,
- misarrange,
- muss,
- muss up,
- perturb,
- reduce,
- ruffle,
- rummage,
- rumple,
- scatter,
- send mad,
- shatter,
- sicken,
- tousle,
- turn,
- unbalance,
- unhinge,
- unsettle,
- upset,
- weaken