deranged
ADJECTIVE:
1. insane.
2. disordered; disarranged.
3. mentally unsound : crazy (see below):
a celebrity being stalked by a deranged fan.
4. disturbed or disordered in function, structure, or condition:
My leg was propped up on a library chair at the time, as it was too deranged to bend. —Cynthia Gorney.
5. wildly odd or eccentric:
His life was crowded, rather than peacefully isolated, and certainly never of an Olympian detachment, even though he was capable of quite deranged gestures of show-offy extravagance—such as buying an enormous house, more suitable for a banker than a painter … —Robert Hughes.
crazy:
not mentally sound : marked by thought or action that lacks reason : insane:
yelling like a crazy man —not used technically.
insane:
unable to think in a clear or sensible way : crazy:
insane with jealousy
—not used technically.
More Examples:
"This man is deranged," I said to myself, very much frightened. — Joseph Conrad.
But other work indicates that, in addition, the B lymphocytes of lupus patients are inherently deranged … —Moncef Zouali.
Or you could take part in a deranged computer game where you had to cycle after a huge beach ball, scoop it up and throw it through a hoop, scoring points for each goal. —Natasha Ellis.
After which we conclude that though it's satisfying to think we could murder our enemy in ambush (since it needs to be done), only a deranged or suicidal person would carry out such a plan. — Richard Ford.
Related Words:
maniacal, irrational, distracted, unhinged, demented, crazed, unbalanced, displaced, perplexed, disordered, unsettled, nuts, disconcerted, ape, cracked, baked, flipped, fried, berserk.
Origin:
First recorded in 1780–90; derange + -ed2.
Source 1, Source 2.
updated: 10 march 2020 5:28pm
1. insane.
2. disordered; disarranged.
3. mentally unsound : crazy (see below):
a celebrity being stalked by a deranged fan.
4. disturbed or disordered in function, structure, or condition:
My leg was propped up on a library chair at the time, as it was too deranged to bend. —Cynthia Gorney.
5. wildly odd or eccentric:
His life was crowded, rather than peacefully isolated, and certainly never of an Olympian detachment, even though he was capable of quite deranged gestures of show-offy extravagance—such as buying an enormous house, more suitable for a banker than a painter … —Robert Hughes.
crazy:
not mentally sound : marked by thought or action that lacks reason : insane:
yelling like a crazy man —not used technically.
insane:
unable to think in a clear or sensible way : crazy:
insane with jealousy
—not used technically.
More Examples:
"This man is deranged," I said to myself, very much frightened. — Joseph Conrad.
But other work indicates that, in addition, the B lymphocytes of lupus patients are inherently deranged … —Moncef Zouali.
Or you could take part in a deranged computer game where you had to cycle after a huge beach ball, scoop it up and throw it through a hoop, scoring points for each goal. —Natasha Ellis.
After which we conclude that though it's satisfying to think we could murder our enemy in ambush (since it needs to be done), only a deranged or suicidal person would carry out such a plan. — Richard Ford.
Related Words:
maniacal, irrational, distracted, unhinged, demented, crazed, unbalanced, displaced, perplexed, disordered, unsettled, nuts, disconcerted, ape, cracked, baked, flipped, fried, berserk.
Origin:
First recorded in 1780–90; derange + -ed2.
Source 1, Source 2.
updated: 10 march 2020 5:28pm