| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To perturb, unsettle or disturb.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To discompose, annoy, bother, intrude or rile. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To disarrange or unhinge. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To ruffle or roil. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To impede, obstruct, hamper or thwart. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To disconcert or bewilder. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To displace or misplace. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To confuse, befuddle, bemuse, fuddle or perplex. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To agitate, incite or abet.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Present participle conjugation of the verb derange.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (derange) | 1. Derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane.[Wordnet]. 2. Throw into great confusion or disorder.[Wordnet]. 3. To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation.[Websters]. 4. To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism.[Websters]. 5. To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: deranging, deranged, deranges, deranger, derangers, derangingly and derangedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being troubled or worried.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being annoying, troublesome, vexing or unwelcome. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being confusing, confounding or puzzling. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being mystifying or perplexing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being irritating or roiling. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being disagreeable or distasteful. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being disastrous, infelicitous, unfortunate or unhappy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being furious or angry.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "DERANGING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1800. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DERANGING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Putting out of order; disturbing regularity or regular course; embarrassment; confusion.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of derange. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
