derangement

Noun

Meaning

The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mania disorder confusion upset overthrow disturbance madness insanity irregularity delirium lunacy unbalance neurosis trouble disruption

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Antonyms

example order cosmos enlightenment self-control description

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Hypernyms

disturbance insanity

Phrases with the word

mental derangement derangement of mind hepatic derangement potassium derangement

Examples

In order to have the stuff of a tyrant, a certain mental derangement is necessary. Emil Cioran

If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown. Jim Morrison

I found that I had become so spinsterish that I was made neurotic not only by my life of domesticity but by the slightest derangement of my room. I would burst into a fit of weeping if the kettle was not facing due east. Quentin Crisp

Public postures have the configuration of private derangement. Tom Stoppard

If a rich man eats a snake, people call it wisdom; if a poor man does the same thing, people call it derangement. Lebanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

deranged throw derangedly derangedness derangement of mind derangement syndrome deranger