as in psychotic
unable to think in a clear or sensible way
a deranged prisoner who had been in that rat-infested hole for 20 years
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as in crazed
to cause to go insane or as if insane
being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone
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as in disrupted
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
the storage room had all been deranged by the earthquake, and it took hours to sort things out
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Recent Examples of deranged
Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
Yet in our deranged modern world of microbets and prediction markets, even volatility itself can become a financial vehicle.
—Joe Wilkins Published Mar 18, Futurism, 18 Mar. 2026
Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2026
With Michael Shannon magnificently plainspoken as Garfield, Matthew Macfadyen tragically deranged as Charles Guiteau and Nick Offerman steeped in inner conflict as undeserving Vice President Chester Alan Arthur, this is as good as historical drama gets.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 23 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
The deranged Call of Duty–style montages that the official White House X page puts out are part and parcel of appealing to a younger generation.
—Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
Yet in our deranged modern world of microbets and prediction markets, even volatility itself can become a financial vehicle.
—Joe Wilkins Published Mar 18, Futurism, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
None of them were deranged enough to crack Williams — though Storrie, on the other hand, was slightly unprepared for the heat their fans brought to the game.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2026
With Michael Shannon magnificently plainspoken as Garfield, Matthew Macfadyen tragically deranged as Charles Guiteau and Nick Offerman steeped in inner conflict as undeserving Vice President Chester Alan Arthur, this is as good as historical drama gets.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deranged
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Netflix’s bracingly nasty action-thriller Apex is a fine addition, plonking the star down in a rugged Australian landscape and throwing nature’s formidable might at her while stirring a psychotic serial killer into the mix.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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The risk of a psychotic disorder rose fourfold when highly potent weed was used daily, the study found.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
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The recent release of the collection in Chanel stores even crazed a fashion frenzy in Paris as devote accessory lovers fought to ge their hands on a pair of Blazy’s high-vamp creations.—
Morgan Evans,
InStyle,
15 Mar. 2026
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Did someone repaint the mechanical horses for children one too many times and now their eyes look crazed?—
Xuan Juliana Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The United Nations Development Programme reports that higher energy prices, disrupted food systems, and economic slowdowns triggered by the war could push up to thirty-two million people globally into poverty.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Disasters threaten treatment The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration works with states to ensure that access to opioid use disorder medication isn't disrupted, Health and Human Services spokesperson Emily Hilliard said.—
Andrew Jones,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
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Bringing his bag of insane tricks and witty banter to the Wilshire Ebell Theatre for two nights on May 8 and 9, Willman’s crowd work, storytelling and intricate tricks are inspired by everyday life.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Just this insane profanity-laden tirade that went on and on and on.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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Blueberry plants also have a shallow root system that can be disturbed by planting annuals and is subject to competition from surrounding plants for water and nutrients.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2026
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The radiation from the flares reached Earth quickly and disturbed the ionosphere, the upper atmospheric layer that carries many radio and navigation signals.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
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Valve’s upcoming Steam Controller (not to be confused with the 2015 controller of the same name) is the Steam maker’s effort to replace those controllers with something more explicitly designed for the PC, and for the upcoming Steam Machine.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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The venomous coral snake does not have the telltale arrowhead shape and can often be confused with the nonvenomous kingsnake.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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In the annals of English football, this shoots close to the top of the list of ridiculous moments, along with Troy Deeney’s mad goal for Watford in the Championship play-offs in 2013 and Sergio Aguero’s Premier League title-winning strike for Manchester City in 2012.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Here's our list of the five best space prison movies (in no particular order, don't get mad at the numbers).—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Saturday night’s series opener was unhinged.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Almost a year ago to the day, the Thunder unhinged Memphis in a 51-point, series-opening win following a week of rest.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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