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Synonyms & Antonyms of deranged
(Entry 1 of 2)
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind
- a deranged prisoner who had been in that rat-infested hole for 20 years
Synonyms for deranged
- balmy,
- barmy
- [chiefly British],
- bats,
- batty,
- bedlam,
- bonkers,
- brainsick,
- bughouse
- [slang],
- certifiable,
- crackbrained,
- cracked,
- crackers,
- crackpot,
- cranky
- [dialect],
- crazed,
- crazy,
- cuckoo,
- daffy,
- daft,
- demented,
- fruity
- [slang],
- gaga,
- haywire,
- insane,
- kooky
- (also kookie),
- loco
- [slang],
- loony
- (also looney),
- loony tunes
- (or looney tunes),
- lunatic,
- mad,
- maniacal
- (also maniac),
- mental,
- meshuga
- (or meshugge also meshugah or meshuggah),
- moonstruck,
- non compos mentis,
- nuts,
- nutty,
- psycho,
- psychotic,
- scatty
- [chiefly British],
- screwy,
- unbalanced,
- unhinged,
- unsound,
- wacko
- (also whacko),
- wacky
- (also whacky),
- wud
- [chiefly Scottish]
Words Related to deranged
- aberrant,
- delirious,
- delusional,
- delusionary,
- disordered,
- disturbed,
- neurotic,
- obsessive-compulsive,
- paranoiac
- (also paranoic),
- paranoid
- (also paranoidal),
- schizoid,
- schizophrenic,
- sociopathic
- distracted,
- distraught,
- frantic,
- frenzied,
- hysterical
- (also hysteric),
- raving,
- wigged-out
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deranged
verb
past tense of derange
Synonyms & Antonyms of deranged (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to cause to go insane or as if insane
- being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone
Synonyms for deranged
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Near Antonyms for deranged
- calmed,
- quieted,
- relaxed,
- settled,
- soothed,
- tranquilized
- (also tranquillized)
2
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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The first known use of deranged was in 1771
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