deranged

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deranged

  • /dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒd/ UK, US

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Borrowed from French dérangé.

adjective more deranged · most deranged

  1. Disturbed or upset, especially mentally. Though Bane's sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn't have any of the Joker's deranged wit, and Nolan isn't interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
  2. Insane. When he was finally arrested, Sutcliffe hoped that by claiming to be deranged he would be convicted of manslaughter rather than murder, and therefore sent to hospital and perhaps released after 10 years.

    Similar: 5150, bananas, barking, barking mad, fey, buggish, buggy, bughouse, barmy, batchy, batpoop, bats

  3. Malfunctioning or inoperative. 4-14. Reference (b) reports that "there was hardly any part of the boat that had not in some way been damaged." Only one of the four main Diesel engines was not damaged beyond immediate repair. However, the two auxiliary engines (Winton 6-241) were still operable. The port reduction gear casing was

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of derange

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: crazed, insane, half-crazed, unhinged, psycho, crazy, madness, barmy, upset, confused, troubled, sick, messed-up, bothered, disturbed, distracted

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adj disturbed or upset, especially mentally

Españolderranchado, trastornado
Françaisdérangé
Deutschverwirrt, übergeschnappt
Ελληνικάανισόρροπος anisórropos
العربيةمُضْطَرِب muḍṭarib, مُخْتَلّ muḵtall

adj insane

Españolderranchado
Françaisdérangé
Deutschgeisteskrank, irre, verrückt
Italianosquilibrato
Ελληνικάπαράφρων paráfron, ανισόρροπος anisórropos
العربيةمُخْتَلّ muḵtall, مُضْطَرِب muḍṭarib

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@misc{deranged_2026,
  title = {deranged},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deranged},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}