derange
to throw into disorder; disarrange.
to disturb the condition, action, or function of.
to make insane.
Origin of derange
1Other words from derange
- de·range·a·ble, adjective
- de·rang·er, noun
Words Nearby derange
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How to use derange in a sentence
Their common Parent, so tender, appears to derange the order of nature to manifest his anger.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry HolbachInstead of this, too frequently the child is urged to take more, and thus derange the stomach.
The Physical Life of Woman: | Dr. George H NapheysHis vote given without knowledge might derange the whole system.
Miss Spangles cocked an ear and began to derange the surface of the road with a shapely foreleg.
The general effect of the change would be to derange the whole of the present system.
British Dictionary definitions for derange
/ (dɪˈreɪndʒ) /
to disturb the order or arrangement of; throw into disorder; disarrange
to disturb the action or operation of
to make insane; drive mad
Origin of derange
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