derange

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: de=range

OXFORD DICTIONARY

derange, v.tr.
1 throw into confusion; disorganize; cause to act irregularly.
2 (esp. as deranged adj.) make insane (deranged by the tragic events).
3 disturb; interrupt.

Derivative

derangement n.

Etymology

F d{eacute}ranger (as DE-, rang RANK(1))

THESAURUS

derange

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

ROGET THESAURUS

derange

Disorder

VB be disorderly, ferment, play at cross-purposes, put out of order, derange, ravel, ruffle, rumple.

Derangement

VB derange, disarrange, misarrange, displace, misplace, mislay, discompose, disorder, deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize, embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble, shuffle, randomize, huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot, bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder, muss, break the ranks, disconcert, convulse, break in upon, unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear, turn topsy-turvy, bedevil, complicate, involve, perplex, confound, imbrangle, embrangle, tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle, dishevel, ruffle, rumple, litter, scatter, mix, rearrange.

Amorphism

VB deface, disfigure, deform, mutilate, truncate, derange, blemish, mar.