to derange

Examples

• All

• The man agreed, but he returned home deranged, unable to work or even dress himself.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The sense of Yoshiko's words, that she wanted to give birth even if she died, suggested not maternal love, but the delirium of a person somewhat deranged by illness.

  Fiction book (1992)

• - He appears to be deranged.

  Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

• He is deranged with grief.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Don Quixote, we learn, has become deranged by reading too many romances.

  Academic text (1995)

• Much as I had complained, inwardly and outwardly, about the way Wetherall had deranged my life, I wasn't sure I wanted it to be deranged again.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The constant pressure of work deranged him to the point where he could no longer focus on simple tasks.

• After years of isolation, she became deranged, unable to remember even the most basic details of her past.

• Living in such chaos can derange anyone, making it hard to think clearly or make rational decisions.

Synonyms

D

to dement

vsto derange

• Archaic

3 9.9

To make someone very confused and forgetful because of brain illness

is the modern neutral term focusing on loss of mental clarity and balance

U

to unbalance

vsto derange

1 7.0

To make a person mentally unstable or unable to think clearly

is used for causing loss of mental clarity and balance

How Disturbed

to derange

2 8.7

to unhinge

1 7.9

to drive (someone) crazy

• Informal

271 3.9

to unsettle

7 4.9

to disturb

183 2.1

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