Synonyms of deranged

deranged 1 of 2

adjective

di-ˈrānjd 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• psychotic
• insane
• mad
• maniacal
• crazy
• demented
• crazed
• mental
• disturbed
• psycho
• unhinged
• nuts
• unbalanced
• loco
• eccentric
• nutty
• depressed
• foolish
• strange
• irrational
• certifiable
• around the bend
• cracked
• daft
• batty
• haywire
• obsessed
• out to lunch
• off
• unsound
• bonkers
• brainsick
• fey
• queer
• non compos mentis
• distraught
• distracted
• ballistic
• unreasonable
• delusional
• disordered
• frantic
• delirious
• bats
• crackers
• loopy
• aberrant
• hysterical
• delusionary
• oddball
• off one's rocker
• odd
• wud
• nuclear
• off one's gourd
• dotty
• off one's head
• out of one's head
• touched
• pixilated
• witless
• berserk
• monomaniacal
• frenzied
• senseless
• raving
• ape
• teched
• monomaniac
• potty
• fixated
• wigged-out
• amok
• bananas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sane
• sound
• balanced
• reasonable
• rational
• clear
• normal
• lucid
• sensible
• wise
• judicious
• uncrazy
• healthy
• compos mentis
• well-adjusted
• unneurotic

deranged

2 of 2

verb

past tense of derange

1

as in crazed

to cause to go insane or as if insane

being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crazed
• disturbed
• unhinged
• confused
• unbalanced
• distracted
• maddened
• frenzied
• bothered
• unsettled
• upset
• annoyed
• perturbed
• cracked
• agitated
• irritated
• locoed
• disquieted
• unstrung
• vexed
• discomposed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• relaxed
• calmed
• quieted
• soothed
• settled
• tranquilized

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupted
• disturbed
• confused
• shuffled
• disorganized
• upset
• disheveled
• disordered
• jumbled
• disarranged
• muddled
• disjointed
• scrambled
• dislocated
• tousled
• mussed
• disarrayed
• snarled
• mixed (up)
• rumpled
• discomposed
• tangled
• hashed
• perturbed
• tumbled
• unsettled
• messed (up)
• embroiled
• cluttered
• agitated
• entangled
• stirred (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• organized
• regulated
• arranged
• ordered
• disposed
• ranged
• aligned
• drew up
• straightened (up)
• classified
• marshaled
• arrayed
• adjusted
• lined
• lined up
• systematized
• fixed
• codified
• tidied
• made up
• queued
• groomed
• methodized
• systemized
• spruced (up)
• unscrambled

Example Sentences

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