derange

Meanings

• Verb

  To put (a person or an animal) into a state of great agitation or excitement.

  - "The crowd deranged when the football team scored the winning goal."
  - "The noisy music deranged the animals in the zoo."

• Verb

  To disturb or disrupt the normal functioning or order of something.

  - "The storm deranged the power lines and caused a blackout."
  - "The new employee deranged the office routine with her unconventional methods."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with derange
arrange , rearrange , strange

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Variants

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derange , deranged , derangement , derangements , deranges , deranging

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Etymology

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Originally from French 'deranger', meaning 'to disturb' or 'to trouble'.

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Trivia

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1. Derange is an anagram of the word 'rangy'.

2. The term 'deranged' was once used to describe someone who was mentally ill.

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Related Concepts

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1. agitation: A state of intense excitement or anxiety.

2. excitement: A feeling of intense emotion and enthusiasm.

3. disturbance: An interruption or disruption of normal functioning.

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Culture

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Derange has been used in literature and art to depict chaos, agitation, and excitement. In music, it can refer to a dissonant or chaotic sound.

How to Memorize "derange"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person or animal being agitated or excited.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the feeling of chaos or agitation.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: D - Disturb, E - Excite, R - Rearrange, A - Agitate, N - Noise, G - Generate.

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