deranging

verb

present participle of derange
1
as in unbalancing
to cause to go insane or as if insane being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone

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2
as in disrupting
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 deranging Instagram demanded a certain sort of woman and then produced her, deranging broad swaths of the population in the process. — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026 Gabriel going missing proves to be deranging to Caroline, and the novel becomes increasingly deranged with her. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deranging
  1. unbalancing
  2. disrupting
  3. disturbing
  4. shuffling
  5. distracting
  6. confusing
  7. unhinging
  8. bothering
Verb
  • The risk is that only a handful of clubs will be able to cough up those sums, unbalancing the market.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 19 May 2026
Definition of unbalancing
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  • The strategically vital strait has been effectively closed by Iran since fighting began in late February, disrupting a major route for global oil shipments.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Tellis said these private companies would likely be better at surveillance than actually disrupting criminal enterprises.
    — Henry Larson, NPR, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of disrupting
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  • Tian took the photo during his biodiversity research on the seaway, using environmental DNA sampling and drone surveys to monitor the ecosystem’s health, without disturbing any of the resident wildlife.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026
  • All three will face a slew of charges, including injuring or removing a tomb or monument, disturbing the contents of a grave or tomb and grand theft, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.
    — Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of disturbing
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  • Keeping your eye on Bredeson is as hard as tracking a ball beneath shuffling cups.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Frank Beard, the longtime, hard-shuffling drummer for Texas rock greats ZZ Top, died on Monday.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of shuffling
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  • Women were made to feel that their bodies were somehow offensive, distracting, or inconvenient.
    — Robin Givhan, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Now, a cross-sectional study based on a registry of fatal US motor vehicle crashes has found that the love of her albums may have even contributed a statistically significant bump in deadly traffic accidents, presumably by distracting drivers.
    — Mike McRae August 18, New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of distracting
Verb
  • Evans also cautioned against confusing maximal lifespan for a healthy lifespan.
    — Lauren Chan, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Thompson acknowledged that confusing the quarterback, like the defense appeared to do on that play, is a big part of new defensive coordinator Christian Parker’s scheme.
    — Jon Machota, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of confusing
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  • Burmese pythons, which can engulf an entire Presidential golfing party simply by unhinging their (the pythons’) jaws, inhabit the environs of the Gulf of Mexico, and have even been seen swimming offshore.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Definition of unhinging
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  • Some interns hesitate to contact their former colleagues for fear of bothering them, but most people are eager to help out young talent.
    — Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Contreras rarely takes days off but asked for a day off Sunday with his leg bothering him.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of bothering

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