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de·range

(dĭ-rānj′)

tr.v. de·ranged, de·rang·ing, de·rang·es

1. To disturb the order, arrangement, or functioning of: an asteroid impact large enough to derange the climate.

2. To upset (normal condition or functioning, as of a bodily organ).

3. To cause to be psychotic or otherwise severely mentally unsound.

[French déranger, from Old French desrengier : des-, de- + reng, line (of Germanic origin; see sker- in Indo-European roots).]

de·range′ment n.

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derangement

(dɪˈreɪndʒmənt)

1. the act of deranging or state of being deranged

2. disorder or confusion

3. (Psychiatry) psychiatry a mental disorder or serious mental disturbance

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Noun	1.	derangement - a state of mental disturbance and disorientation mental unsoundness, unbalance insanity - relatively permanent disorder of the mind
	2.	derangement - the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living" overthrow, upset disturbance - the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion

derangement

noun madness, mania, insanity, dementia, aberration, lunacy, delirium, loss of reason serious evidence of mental derangement

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derangement

noun

1. A lack of order or regular arrangement:

chaos, clutter, confusedness, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, jumble, mess, mix-up, muddle, muss, scramble, topsy-turviness, tumble.

Slang: snafu.

2. Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely:

brainsickness, craziness, dementia, disturbance, insaneness, insanity, lunacy, madness, mental illness, psychopathy, unbalance.

Psychiatry: mania.

Psychology: aberration, alienation.

Translations

تَشَوُّش، إضطِراب

duševní poruchapomatení

forstyrrelsesindsforvirring

Verwirrung

aliénation

működési zavar

sturlun

disturbo

sinnsforvirring

duševná porucha

delilik

精神错乱

derangement

[dɪˈreɪndʒmənt] N

1. (= disturbance) → desarreglo m

2. (Med) → trastorno m mental

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derangement

→ Geistesgestörtheit f

(of order) → Unordnung f, → Durcheinander nt

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deranged

(diˈreindʒd) adjective

insane. His mind had become deranged as a result of his ordeal; mentally deranged.

deˈrangement noun

de·range·ment

n., Fr. trastorno, desequilibrio mental, estado de confusión.

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It could not have been otherwise after the terrible derangement of the atmospheric strata, and the dispersion of the enormous quantity of vapor arising from the combustion of

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The confusion thus produced on board, and the derangement of the cargo caused by this petty trade, stirred the spleen of the captain, who had a sovereign contempt for the one-eyed chieftain and all his crew.

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Wrench came, but did not apprehend anything serious, spoke of a "slight derangement," and did not speak of coming again on the morrow.

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Not only was there no tendency to brain disease-- there was not even a perceptible derangement of the nervous system.

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Unhappiness, almost mental derangement, was visible on his mobile, rather handsome face, while without even noticing Anna's coming in, he went on hurriedly and hotly expressing his views.

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"More cruel advantage may be taken of the nervous derangement from which you are suffering in the climate of this place.

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His clothing was in disorder, his hair fell across his forehead in a derangement which was at once uncanny and picturesque.

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It had a turn for quacking and squeaking,--that chair had,--either from having taken cold in early life, or from some asthmatic affection, or perhaps from nervous derangement; but, as she gently swung backward and forward, the chair kept up a kind of subdued "creechy crawchy," that would have been intolerable in any other chair.

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Albert had himself presided at the arrangement, or, rather, the symmetrical derangement, which, after coffee, the guests at a breakfast of modern days love to contemplate through the vapor that escapes from their mouths, and ascends in long and fanciful wreaths to the ceiling.

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It's simply physical derangement. Just a glass of beer, a piece of dry bread--and in one moment the brain is stronger, the mind is clearer and the will is firm!

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No one knew me, for I disguised my voice, and no one dreamed of the silent, haughty Miss March (for they think I am very stiff and cool, most of them, and so I am to whippersnappers) could dance and dress, and burst out into a `nice derangement of epitaphs, like an allegory on the banks of the Nile'.

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I cannot say why I felt so wildly wretched: it must have been temporary derangement; for there is scarcely cause.