deranged

[dih-reynjd]

adjective

1. insane.

2. disordered; disarranged.

Other Word Forms

• underanged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deranged¹

First recorded in 1780–90; derange + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The president has long railed against judges who rule against him, calling them “monsters,” “deranged,” and “radical” at various points in the past.

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“In England, we just see this deranged hypocrisy continue to lord over our political landscape,” he adds.

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New video emerges of the deranged Phillies fan, and Karen, who screamed at a man for getting a home run ball for his son.

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He’s often doing things for the right reasons; they’re sort of deranged reasons.

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He added that she, "like so many other mass shooters that we have seen in this country too often and around the world, had some deranged fascination with previous mass shootings".

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Related Words

• crazed 
• demented 
• distracted 
• irrational 
• maniacal 
• unbalanced 
• unhinged