Synonyms for derangement
Most common
disorder confusion disturbance disorganization US madness insanity
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Disturbance
disturbance, disorder, disorganization US, disorganisation UK, confusion, distraction, overthrow, upset, discomposure, disarrangement
2. Insanity
insanity, madness, lunacy, mania, aberration, alienation, dislocation, irregularity, dementia
Definitions
- n. 1
The property of being deranged.
- n. 2
An act or instance of deranging.
Forms
- Plural
- derangements → disturbances, disorders, disorganizations, confusions…
Choose the right word
Derangement is a common euphemism for insanity. Monomania is mental derangement as to one subject or object.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- disorder Apparently, Leon had some kind of mental disorder.
- confusion He disappeared, taking advantage of the confusion.
- disturbance Is this a servo or a disturbance-rejection problem?
- madness Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.
- insanity Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| derangement | falling | |
| disorder | rising | |
| confusion | steady | |
| disturbance | steady | |
| disorganization | falling | |
| madness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- upset2, mania3
- 6 letters
- lunacy3
- 7 letters
- madness2
- 8 letters
- disorder3, dementia4, insanity4
- 9 letters
- confusion3, overthrow3
- 10 letters
- alienation5, aberration4
- 11 letters
- distraction3, disturbance3, dislocation4
- 12 letters
- irregularity6, discomposure
- 14 letters
- disarrangement
- 15 letters
- disorganization6, disorganisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (upset2 = 2 syllables).