derange
pronunciation
How to pronounce derange in British English:
UK [dɪ'reɪndʒ]
How to pronounce derange in American English:
US [dɪ'reɪndʒ]
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- Verb:
- derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane
- throw into great confusion or disorder
Word Origin
- derange (v.)
- 1776, "throw into confusion," from French déranger, from Old French desrengier "disarrange, throw into disorder," from des- "do the opposite of" (see dis-) + Old French rengier (Modern French ranger) "to put into line," from reng "line, row," from a Germanic source (see rank (n.)). Mental sense first recorded c. 1790.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Let 's derange the world .
- 2. So few men were present to derange the harmony of the wilderness .