Synonyms for derange
- verb
All synonyms
Verb
disturb, unsettle, perturb, discompose, upset, disorder, distract, litter, confuse, craze, shatter, ruffle, unbalance, rumple, disorganize, disorganise UK, disarrange, jumble, disconcert
Definitions
- v. 1
To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged.
Related words
- Word family
- derangement
Forms
- Past participle
- deranged
e.g. deranged → disturbed, unsettled, perturbed, discomposed…
Example sentences
- upset Tom was too upset to talk about what had happened.
- unsettle What Tom said cannot unsettle me.
- disorder Apparently, Leon had some kind of mental disorder.
- distract How does Mark distract himself from all that pain?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| derange | steady | |
| upset | rising | |
| unsettle | rising | |
| perturb | rising | |
| discompose | steady | |
| disorder | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- upset2, craze1
- 6 letters
- litter2, ruffle2, jumble2, rumple2
- 7 letters
- confuse2, disturb2, shatter2, perturb2
- 8 letters
- disorder3, distract2, unsettle3
- 9 letters
- unbalance3
- 10 letters
- disconcert3, disarrange, discompose
- 11 letters
- disorganize4, disorganise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (upset2 = 2 syllables).