"derange" meaning in English

See derange in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ [UK], /diˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-derange.wav Forms: deranges [present, singular, third-person], deranging [participle, present], deranged [participle, past], deranged [past]
Rhymes: -eɪndʒ Etymology: From French déranger, from Old French desrengier (“throw into disorder”), from des- + rengier (“to put into line”), from reng (“line, row”), from a Germanic source. See rank (noun). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|déranger}} French déranger, {{der|en|fro|desrengier||throw into disorder}} Old French desrengier (“throw into disorder”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} derange (third-person singular simple present deranges, present participle deranging, simple past and past participle deranged)
  1. (transitive, chiefly passive voice) To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-derange-en-verb-NhdOKe7n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 31 27 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 27 30 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 28 29 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 27 30 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 28 27 30 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 27 30 15
  2. (transitive) To cause disorder in (something); to distort from its ideal state. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-derange-en-verb-qX2dZ8cs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 31 27 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 27 30 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 28 29 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 27 30 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 28 27 30 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 27 30 15
  3. (transitive) To cause to malfunction or become inoperative. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-derange-en-verb--llpCof- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 31 27 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 27 30 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 28 29 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 27 30 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 28 27 30 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 27 30 15
  4. (archaic) To disrupt (somebody's) plans, to inconvenience; to derail. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Mind Translations (to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone): обърквам (obǎrkvam) (Bulgarian), на́руши (náruši) (Macedonian), возне́мири (voznémiri) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-derange-en-verb-DXFcB~xY Disambiguation of Mind: 6 1 0 93 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 31 27 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 27 30 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 28 29 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 27 30 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 28 26 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 28 27 30 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 27 30 15 Disambiguation of "to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone": 5 5 5 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: derangeable, derangement, deranger Translations (to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state): разбърквам (razbǎrkvam) (Bulgarian), размествам (razmestvam) (Bulgarian), sekoittaa (Finnish), на́руши (náruši) (Macedonian), ра́стура (rástura) (Macedonian), расстро́ить (rasstróitʹ) (Russian) Translations (to cause someone to go insane): побърквам (pobǎrkvam) (Bulgarian), pertorbar (Catalan), tehdä hulluksi (Finnish), избе́зуми (izbézumi) (Macedonian), по́луди (póludi) (Macedonian), derranchar (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state': 30 37 32 0 Disambiguation of 'to cause someone to go insane': 37 30 33 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations:",
          "text": "Both these kinds of monopolies derange more or less the natural distribution of the stock of the society;",
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          "ref": "1949 January 1, Bureau of Ships, “U.S.S. PERCH (SS176), Loss in Action, Java Sea, 3 March 1942”, in Submarine Report: Depth Charge, Bomb, Mine, Torpedo and Gunfire Damage, Including Losses in Action, 7 December 1941 to 15 August 1945, volume 1, United States Hydrographic Office, archived from the original on 2022-12-09, page 21:",
          "text": "4-16. All lighting was cut off by a close detonation but was partially restored after a short while. Many auxiliary motors were short-circuited or deranged. There were at least nineteen cracked jars in the forward battery and one in the after battery, causing loss of electrolyte and full grounds. All of the electric alarm and telephone circuits were out of commission.",
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          "ref": "1782, Fanny Burney, Cecilia, Memoirs of an Heiress:",
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        "(archaic) To disrupt (somebody's) plans, to inconvenience; to derail."
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  "etymology_text": "From French déranger, from Old French desrengier (“throw into disorder”), from des- + rengier (“to put into line”), from reng (“line, row”), from a Germanic source. See rank (noun).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "deranges",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deranging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deranged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deranged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "derange (third-person singular simple present deranges, present participle deranging, simple past and past participle deranged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "insane",
          "insane"
        ],
        [
          "deranged",
          "deranged"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "chiefly passive voice",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, chiefly passive voice) To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations:",
          "text": "Both these kinds of monopolies derange more or less the natural distribution of the stock of the society;",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause disorder in (something); to distort from its ideal state."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disorder",
          "disorder"
        ],
        [
          "distort",
          "distort"
        ],
        [
          "ideal",
          "ideal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause disorder in (something); to distort from its ideal state."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1949 January 1, Bureau of Ships, “U.S.S. PERCH (SS176), Loss in Action, Java Sea, 3 March 1942”, in Submarine Report: Depth Charge, Bomb, Mine, Torpedo and Gunfire Damage, Including Losses in Action, 7 December 1941 to 15 August 1945, volume 1, United States Hydrographic Office, archived from the original on 2022-12-09, page 21:",
          "text": "4-16. All lighting was cut off by a close detonation but was partially restored after a short while. Many auxiliary motors were short-circuited or deranged. There were at least nineteen cracked jars in the forward battery and one in the after battery, causing loss of electrolyte and full grounds. All of the electric alarm and telephone circuits were out of commission.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to malfunction or become inoperative."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "malfunction",
          "malfunction"
        ],
        [
          "inoperative",
          "inoperative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause to malfunction or become inoperative."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1782, Fanny Burney, Cecilia, Memoirs of an Heiress:",
          "text": "\"By no means, Sir,\" answered the Captain: \"I shall be quite au désespoir if I derange any body.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1898, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost Special:",
          "text": "A second special was out of the question, as the ordinary local service was already somewhat deranged by the first.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disrupt (somebody's) plans, to inconvenience; to derail."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disrupt",
          "disrupt"
        ],
        [
          "inconvenience",
          "inconvenience"
        ],
        [
          "derail",
          "derail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To disrupt (somebody's) plans, to inconvenience; to derail."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/diˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪndʒ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pobǎrkvam",
      "sense": "to cause someone to go insane",
      "word": "побърквам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cause someone to go insane",
      "word": "pertorbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause someone to go insane",
      "word": "tehdä hulluksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izbézumi",
      "sense": "to cause someone to go insane",
      "word": "избе́зуми"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "póludi",
      "sense": "to cause someone to go insane",
      "word": "по́луди"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause someone to go insane",
      "word": "derranchar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razbǎrkvam",
      "sense": "to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state",
      "word": "разбърквам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razmestvam",
      "sense": "to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state",
      "word": "размествам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razmestvam",
      "sense": "to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state",
      "word": "размествам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state",
      "word": "sekoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "náruši",
      "sense": "to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state",
      "word": "на́руши"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rástura",
      "sense": "to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state",
      "word": "ра́стура"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasstróitʹ",
      "sense": "to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state",
      "word": "расстро́ить"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obǎrkvam",
      "sense": "to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone",
      "word": "обърквам"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "náruši",
      "sense": "to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone",
      "word": "на́руши"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "voznémiri",
      "sense": "to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone",
      "word": "возне́мири"
    }
  ],
  "word": "derange"
}

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