Dictionary Entry
derange
derange is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation.
- 2transitive verb
To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism.
- 3transitive verb
To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.
- 4verb
throw into great confusion or disorder
"Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"
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- 5verb
derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane
"The death of his parents unbalanced him"
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