DERANGED Synonyms: 171 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

di-ˈrānjd

Definition of deranged

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

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deranged

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verb

past tense of derange

as in crazed

to cause to go insane or as if insane being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone

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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

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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

The political landscape is horrifying, distracting, deranged and unhinged. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 27 Jan. 2026 None of them were deranged enough to crack Williams — though Storrie, on the other hand, was slightly unprepared for the heat their fans brought to the game. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deranged

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deranged

Adjective

Psychiatric disorders are generally divided into mood disorders and psychotic disorders, Osborne said; postpartum psychosis is a mood disorder, in which mood symptoms accompany psychotic symptoms.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
But to make some generalization that all career women are psychotic because Glenn Close happened to be psychotic at the end of that movie is just silly.

— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of psychotic

Verb

If the lenses are badly crazed, meaning marred by microscopic cracks in the lens surface, or moisture is trapped inside the housing, replacement is the better option.

— John Paul, The Providence Journal, 3 July 2026
The story quickly captivated an American public already more space-crazed than usual, thanks to the recent success of Artemis II.

— Govert Schilling, Scientific American, 27 June 2026

Definition of crazed

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Costs had been on the decline since March 2025, following a massive outbreak of bird flu that disrupted the egg supply and sent retail prices soaring.

— Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
The outage, now in its 11th day, has disrupted access to medical records, prescription histories, and scheduling systems.

— Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of disrupted

Adjective

And their friendship, a folie à deux spiral of insane ideas powered by ungodly quantities of pot, becomes akin to a superpower.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
These mega facilities are popping up everywhere which means lots of people are spending insane money instead of pulling out the hose and bucket.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of insane

Verb

Along Fence Lines and Retaining Walls Poison ivy grows best in out-of-the-way spaces that aren’t disturbed regularly.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2026
Even when the material was strongly disturbed, the electronic order rebuilt itself smoothly across the sample.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of disturbed

Verb

Adam seems confused by the request, while Ingeborg is perfectly obliging.

— Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
Court reporters — not to be confused with journalists who cover court matters — had objected to the state Supreme Court petition, but not to oppose those whose rights were being compromised by the diminished access to official court transcripts.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of confused

Adjective

There was also a stream of characters who visited the island, from a pop group to a movie producer, a mad scientist, and Russian cosmonauts.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
There are a few pages spent on Deflategate (that made Brady mad), only a few paragraphs devoted to Aaron Hernandez, none on Spygate.

— Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of mad

Verb

There’s a rendering of Sauron’s Eye here that’s unhinged and almost unmoored from reality in the best way imaginable.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Fuelled by unhinged online hate and anti-Israel extremism, total violent hate crimes skyrocketed by 97% since 2022, forcing terrified Jewish communities around the world into hiding.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of unhinged

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