verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
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US:/diˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
rhymes with -eɪndʒ
CMU ARPABET:D IH0 R EY1 N JH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: chiefly passive voice
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To cause disorder in (something); to distort from its ideal state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To cause to malfunction or become inoperative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To disrupt (somebody's) plans, to inconvenience; to derail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
throw into great confusion or disorder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: perturb, throw out of kilter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disorder, disarray
6
verb
Meaning 6
derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The death of his parents unbalanced him
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unbalance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: madden, craze
History
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).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
побърквам
(pobǎrkvam)
— to cause someone to go insane
Catalan:
pertorbar
— to cause someone to go insane
Czech:
rozrušit
— to cause someone to go insane
Finnish:
tehdä hulluksi
— to cause someone to go insane
Macedonian:
избе́зуми
(izbézumi)
— to cause someone to go insane
Macedonian:
по́луди
(póludi)
— to cause someone to go insane
Spanish:
trastornar
— to cause someone to go insane
Spanish:
perturbar
— to cause someone to go insane
Bulgarian:
разбърквам
(razbǎrkvam)
— to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state
Bulgarian:
размествам
(razmestvam)
— to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state
Finnish:
sekoittaa
— to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state
Macedonian:
на́руши
(náruši)
— to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state
Macedonian:
ра́стура
(rástura)
— to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state
Russian:
расстро́ить
(rasstróitʹ)
— to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state
Spanish:
hacer derranchar
— to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state
Bulgarian:
обърквам
(obǎrkvam)
— to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone
Macedonian:
на́руши
(náruši)
— to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone
Macedonian:
возне́мири
(voznémiri)
— to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone