derange
[verb]
Synonyms: disorder, disarrange, disarray, discompose, disorganize, disturb, mess (up), rummage, unsettle, upset, sicken, turn, unhinge, madden, craze, distract, frenzy, unbalance

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Antonyms: arrange, adjust
Contrasted words: compose, settle
Related Words: perturb, discommode, incommode, inconvenience

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derange verb trans. [dɪ'reɪndʒ] L18.
[French déranger (Old French desrengier, desregner DERAIGN verb²), from dé-, des- DE- 3 + rang RANK noun.]
1. Disturb or destroy the arrangement of; throw into confusion; disorder, disarrange. L18.
■ Ld Macaulay This letter deranged all the projects of James.

2. Disturb the normal state, working, or operation of; cause to act irregularly. L18.
■ B. C. Brodie Habits..which tend in any degree to derange the animal functions, should be scrupulously avoided.
■ D. H. Lawrence Time was all deranged.

3. Make insane; drive mad. Freq. as deranged ppl adjective. L18.
■ E. Caldwell He had been killed by a deranged person.
■ P. Rose The eldest child was quite deranged with joy and suffered convulsions.

4. Intrude on, interrupt. M19.
■ R. L. Stevenson I am sorry to have deranged you for so small a matter.

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