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

During his first tenure, Verrett represented the very type of behavior Magnus had spent the past few years weeding out, including deranged posts, unprofessional direct messages to reporters, and preposterous race talk. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

What might have been early on predictable for Kuplowsky with Kick On eventually turns wonderfully weird and deranged. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026

Verb

This series is the gripping tale of Paul’s real-time investigation into four murders related to Joe Naso, pitting one of America’s best detectives against one of its most prolific and deranged serial killers. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026

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