单词 | deranged |
释义 | deranged (once / 4359 pages) adj Deranged means insane. You've probably read headlines about deranged murderers, but someone might also be called deranged for bizarre behavior like wearing a bathing suit while skiing. Crazed, insane, demented, unbalanced, and unhinged are all synonyms for deranged. The literal meaning for deranged was originally “out of order," so think of it as describing someone whose thoughts are not in order. The madwoman in Bronte’s Jane Eyre is a classic deranged character: “In the deep shade, at the farther end of the room, a figure ran backwards and forwards. What it was, whether beast or human being, one could not, at first sight tell.” WORD FAMILYderange: deranged, derangement, deranges, deranging+/derangement: derangements USAGE EXAMPLESThis included five police officers gunned down in Dallas in July by a deranged U.S. Reuters(Dec 29, 2016) Later, his attacks on her were followed by death threats from the then-candidate’s deranged fans. Slate(Dec 05, 2016) In an interview with reporters in Rome, the Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who hadn’t seen the movie, called it “truly horrible and completely deranged.” New York Times(Nov 21, 2016) adj driven insane Syn crazed, half-crazed insane afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement |
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