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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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
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
War begetting still more war, like some deranged biblical prophecy.
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Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
15 May 2026
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
27 Jan. 2026
None of them were deranged enough to crack Williams — though Storrie, on the other hand, was slightly unprepared for the heat their fans brought to the game.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
12 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Bear is overcome by the spell and emerges from the bathroom smiling—for one blissful moment, the two share the same deranged love.
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Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
War begetting still more war, like some deranged biblical prophecy.
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Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
15 May 2026
Verb
The political landscape is horrifying, distracting, deranged and unhinged.
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Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
27 Jan. 2026
None of them were deranged enough to crack Williams — though Storrie, on the other hand, was slightly unprepared for the heat their fans brought to the game.
—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deranged
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The defense argued that Bland had a psychotic episode due to a COVID infection.
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The experience in question was a psychotic break that Murray endured in 2017 after spending several months involved with a wellness cult, coming to believe herself capable of powerful healing abilities.
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The mere mention of one of these players will keep calling up memories for people who have lived in this city over the crazed past two months of playoff magic.
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In cities around the United States, Mexico and Canada, fan zones are popping up as a gathering place for the soccer-crazed and the soccer-curious to come and enjoy the Beautiful Game.
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Meanwhile, its medium-range drones have also disrupted Russia’s supply lines to the front, and its long-range strikes have increasingly damaged Russian oil facilities that provide vital revenue for the Kremlin’s war effort.
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Record heat has disrupted schools and transportation networks and forced some tourist attractions, including the Eiffel Tower, to close.
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The Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 8 laptop shows up ready to work with a snappy Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, insane 32GB of RAM, and spacious 2TB SSD in its (figurative) briefcase.
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Eventually, though, Lestat breaks, coming clean about his tumultuous past with first lover Nicolas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), who went insane after being attacked by Armand (Assad Zaman) in Paris in the late 18th century.
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As was to be expected of these people, nothing had been disturbed.
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Be sure to use the powder sparingly and in areas where it won't be disturbed or pose dust-inhalation risks, adds Ellis.
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It's called cognitive empathy, not to be confused with emotional empathy.
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So The Listeners — not to be confused with 2022’s The Listener starring Tessa Thompson and you in a voice role — is just now reaching the States.
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Initially skeptical, Tom becomes increasingly paranoid after a sailor who got lost in the fog essentially goes mad, with his eyes turning white just before dying.
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Relative bargain Please do not be mad at me for relaying this insurance math.
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Unfortunately, neighbor Sandy (Kelsey Pribilski) is unhinged and has some opinions about Sarah’s potential changes to the property, and things get dark quickly.
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Others’ unhinged ignorance can be fun.
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“Deranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deranged. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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