deranged

[ dih-reynjd ]

adjective

1. insane.
2. disordered; disarranged.

Other Words From

• unde·ranged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deranged¹

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

Example Sentences

She seeks to become an influencer on social media and is really a person of this new landscape for right-wing media, building her way up in popularity by embracing increasingly deranged conspiracy theories.

From Washington Post

“Girl A,” by Abigail DeanThe height of a pandemic might not be the ideal time to read a novel about six English children held captive at home and abused by their deranged parents.

From Washington Post

It’s kind of like Freakonomics Radio for psychology, but a little looser, a little more personal, occasionally deranged.

From Freakonomics

The petty squabbles, the insulting tweets, the deranged conspiracy theories — the things that the Never Trumpers and most other Americans find off-putting are exactly what endears him to the Republican base.

From Washington Post

Normally, this deranged grin-grimace only surfaces after Kipchoge has dispatched all of his rivals and is soloing his way to glory.

From Outside Online

Doubling down on Schedule I is, at best, a deranged way to push Americans away from “medical,” and toward recreational, use.

From The Daily Beast

Adult Swim airs ‘In Search of Miracle Man,’ its follow up to ‘Too Many Cooks,’ the deranged late-night comedy clip gone viral.

From The Daily Beast

A series of deranged tweets about abuse and microchips grown concern for Amanda Bynes.

From The Daily Beast

Barely Legal Pawn stars the duo as unscrupulous, possibly deranged pawnshop employees.

From The Daily Beast

Earlier this month, a seemingly deranged woman made headlines.

From The Daily Beast

It seems an odd thing to say, but upon my word I am afraid that, at times, he is a little deranged.

From Project Gutenberg

But, unfortunately, barometers of every construction are very easily damaged or deranged.

From Project Gutenberg

This proceeding drove the Pasha of the place almost deranged, and he died soon afterwards.

From Project Gutenberg

The country was in wide-spread confusion, paralyzed in its commerce, its currency utterly deranged.

From Project Gutenberg

Now Wilde and Strauss have simply drawn an erotic and half-deranged Oriental woman as they imagine she may have been.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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