Deranged
[dɪ'reɪn(d)ʒd] or [dɪ'rendʒd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Derange
(a.) Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane.
Edited by Barrett
Examples
- No; you might sadden and trouble me sometimes; but then mine was a soon-depressed, an easily-deranged temperament--it fell if a cloud crossed the sun. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Such result, produced by long and continued exposure, has sometimes so deranged the skin tissues as to make sores that resulted in the entire loss of and renewal of the skin. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Can we easily conceive how the strata of the earth could have been so deranged, if it had not been a mere shell supported by a heavier fluid? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In short, that she had become suddenly deranged? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And you know that a man who is deranged and not right in his mind, will fancy that he is able to rule, not only over men, but also over the gods? Plato. The Republic.
- And will not the bravest and wisest soul be least confused or deranged by any external influence? Plato. The Republic.
- It seems to me to be not only the letter of a woman, but of a woman whose mind must be---- Deranged? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It seems an odd thing to say, but upon my word I am afraid that, at times, he is a little deranged. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Edited by Barrett