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- pronunciation:
- d
reInj
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
deranges, deranging, deranged |
| definition 1: |
to cause to be mentally ill.
Grief had deranged my father, and he no longer recognized me.- similar words:
- disorder, madden
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| definition 2: |
to upset the ordering or arrangement of.
The war deranged our lives.- antonyms:
- adjust, arrange
- similar words:
- disorder, disturb, perturb, upset
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| definition 3: |
to upset the usual functioning or operation of.
Disease deranged her vision.- antonyms:
- adjust
- similar words:
- perturb, upset
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| related words: |
disarray, displace, disturb, frenzy, muddle, rumple, warp |
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| derivation: |
derangement (n.) |
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