Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unsettled in mind; insane.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
disturbed orupset , especiallymentally - adjective
insane - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
derange .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective driven insane
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Examples
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How deranged is she to think that she can black-mail the possible next president of the US?
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Maybe you could get a Skinny Puppy tribute band to open at your sparsely attended gigs in deranged venues.
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My face was contorted into an expression of deranged wrath.
Temptation Douglas Kennedy 2006
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My face was contorted into an expression of deranged wrath.
Temptation Douglas Kennedy 2006
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Here, the creeps look more like inept idiots, wearing their baseball caps sideways as if in deranged imitation of someone out of an "Our Gang" comedy.
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Qadhafi has been called "deranged" and "delusional," but in the era of the shadow elite, his regime made at least one rational choice in choosing to host Perle, a consummate shadow lobbyist who was hired by a firm that makes K-Street look positively passe.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Janine R. Wedel 2011
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Surely the anticipated condition didn't come remotely close to the weekly masses faced by the Pope, who was last hit by a person identified as a deranged woman.
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It seems likely that she knew perfectly well what she was doing and that it was contrary to law - she may well be "deranged" only in the sense in which many religious extremists are deranged, that is, in holding "deviant" views of what is moral.
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I'm called deranged or whatever when I'm riffing in a bloggerly style that they obviously don't understand or appreciate.
"Why Do Liberals Hate Ann Althouse?" Ann Althouse 2009
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I'm called deranged or whatever when I'm riffing in a bloggerly style that they obviously don't understand or appreciate.
"Why Do Liberals Hate Ann Althouse?" Ann Althouse 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word deranged
JM knows of an old chef who gave it up because he was deranged.
June 27, 2011