deranged
AmericanOther Word Forms
- underanged adjective
Etymology
Origin of deranged
Example Sentences
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“Everyone wants to laugh in my face. They call me a deranged old gerbil who lives under the hill. I’m not even under a hill; I’m at the very base of it.”
From Literature
The governor’s office dismissed the accusation as “deranged.”
From Los Angeles Times
It’s a richly told tale of our deranged present — and where it may lead without course correction.
From Los Angeles Times
“He was a deranged person,” the president said Monday afternoon.
From Salon
“Some of our detractors have been left in a kind of deranged and self-destructive befuddlement.”
From Barron's
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