deranged
Lost to madness
Deranged means mentally disturbed or irrational, suggesting a mind thrown into disorder.
A deranged person has lost touch with reason: a deranged gunman, deranged ramblings.
The word implies someone whose mental state has become disordered rather than someone born with a condition.
It carries dramatic, even sensational overtones—more common in news reports and thrillers than clinical settings.
Deranged or irrational person
- crazyMentally unhinged
- madUnhinged or enraged
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
- dementedSeverely mentally disturbed
unbalanced · irrational · psychotic · disturbed · manic · unstable · crazed · berserk
Released from anchorage
- untetheredNot fastened to anything
- adriftFloating without control
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- destabilizedMade less secure
off-kilter · off the rails · come undone · snapped · broken · shattered · fractured · cracked
Wildly irrational, unhinged
- loonyAbsurdly irrational
- battyMildly eccentric or daft
- crackersCrispy flat biscuits
- loopyMildly crazy, informal
mental · whacko · nuts · nutty · bananas · kooky · daffy · dotty
Caused disorder in
- disorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
- jumbledDisordered, lacking arrangement
- scrambledMixed into disorder
- muddledIn a confused state
confused · tangled · disheveled · displaced · shifted · unsettled · thrown off · out of order
lunatic
Deranged or irrational person
demented · unbalanced · irrational · psychotic · disturbed · manic · unstable · crazed · berserk · raving
unmoored
Released from anchorage
- untetheredNot fastened to anything
- adriftFloating without control
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
destabilized · off-kilter · off the rails · come undone · snapped · broken · shattered · fractured · cracked
bonkers
Wildly irrational, unhinged
loopy · mental · whacko · nuts · nutty · bananas · kooky · daffy · dotty · cuckoo
disrupted
Caused disorder in
- disorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
- jumbledDisordered, lacking arrangement
- scrambledMixed into disorder
muddled · confused · tangled · disheveled · displaced · shifted · unsettled · thrown off · out of order · misaligned
- insanityinsane, crazy, mad, lunatic, insanity
- madnessmadness, lunacy, insanity, mania, schizophrenia
- meltdownsnuclear meltdown, reactor meltdown, meltdown, freak out, losing it
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
- fear reactionsscream, scared, gasp, terrified, flinch
- outburstsoutburst, burst, eruption, tantrum, meltdown