DERANGED Synonyms: 171 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

di-ˈrānjd

Definition of deranged

often offensive

as in psychotic

unable to think in a clear or sensible way a deranged prisoner who had been in that rat-infested hole for 20 years

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deranged

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verb

past tense of derange

as in crazed

to cause to go insane or as if insane being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone

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as in disrupted

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

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Recent Examples of deranged

Adjective

Doing it against a team hellbent on drawing blood takes something downright deranged. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 Naturally, googling Messi and Roccuzzo yields some truly deranged headlines, such as one from the Daily Mail that suggests the couple’s 2023 trip to a Publix supermarket was (gasp) staged. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 June 2026

Verb

It’d be deranged not to bring back Storrie and Williams as the leads—so of course their return has been confirmed. — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2026 The political landscape is horrifying, distracting, deranged and unhinged. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deranged

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deranged

Adjective

But a poor reaction to her recovery medication kicked off a psychotic episode.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
Psychiatric disorders are generally divided into mood disorders and psychotic disorders, Osborne said; postpartum psychosis is a mood disorder, in which mood symptoms accompany psychotic symptoms.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of psychotic

Verb

The summertime trail is swarmed by black flies, tiny but blood-crazed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
If the lenses are badly crazed, meaning marred by microscopic cracks in the lens surface, or moisture is trapped inside the housing, replacement is the better option.

— John Paul, The Providence Journal, 3 July 2026

Definition of crazed

Verb

Efforts to bring the outbreak under control — from limited public gatherings to social distancing and airport closures — have disrupted life in the six affected provinces, particularly Ituri, which has been ravaged by rebel violence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
The choices of what to put in each episode — and when to cut from one timeline to another — have sometimes felt arbitrary, and have often disrupted the story’s overall flow.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of disrupted

Adjective

The new season has been absolutely insane through four episodes as the hunt to save Joe (Zoe Saldaña) from her kidnappers is underway.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
If Gigi is malintentioned and insane and a homewrecker, there’s no story, right?

— Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of insane

Verb

As a parent who has purchased my share of scary Halloween costumes, I was particularly disturbed by the controversy now engulfing Target.

— Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2026
If disturbed, asbestos’ microscopic crystalline fibers get into the air, where they can be inhaled, cause lung scarring and lead to fatal cancers.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of disturbed

Verb

Cirque Dreams, which also offers several other touring shows, used to be regularly confused with Cirque du Soleil strictly because of the similarity of their names.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Earlier, on direct examination, Heilbrun said it may be confused with psychosis.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of confused

Adjective

But throughout that, and much more important than the rivalry and being mad at each other or whatever, is just this absolute unending love.

— Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
What mad honey does to the human body When a human eats more than about a teaspoon of this honey, the toxin interferes with how the heart muscle generates its electrical signals.

— Prayan Pokharel, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of mad

Verb

There’s a rendering of Sauron’s Eye here that’s unhinged and almost unmoored from reality in the best way imaginable.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Fuelled by unhinged online hate and anti-Israel extremism, total violent hate crimes skyrocketed by 97% since 2022, forcing terrified Jewish communities around the world into hiding.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

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