deranging
Throwing into chaos
Deranging is throwing into disorder or confusion.
The word applies to mental states—trauma can be deranging—and to physical arrangements: The wind kept deranging her carefully styled hair.
To derange a plan or system is to disrupt its proper functioning.
Lack of order
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
disorganization · destabilization · dismantling · scattering · jumbling · scrambling · unraveling · dislocating
Mentally or emotionally unstable
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
- frenzyViolent mental agitation
- lunacyExtreme irrational foolishness
psychosis · hysteria · crazed · berserk · disturbed · destabilized · demented · maddening
State of being baffled
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- discombobulationUtter mental confusion
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
addling · muddling · confounding · baffling · mystifying · puzzling · obfuscating · clouding
Sensation of spinning
- dizzinessUnsteady, spinning sensation
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- reelingUnsteady from shock
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
off-balance · dislocated · adrift · lost · astray · groundless · untethered · displaced
disarray
Lack of order
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
turmoil · disorganization · destabilization · dismantling · scattering · jumbling · scrambling · unraveling · dislocating · displacing
unhinged
Mentally or emotionally unstable
lunacy · psychosis · hysteria · crazed · berserk · disturbed · destabilized · demented · maddening · unsound
bewilderment
State of being baffled
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- discombobulationUtter mental confusion
disorientation · addling · muddling · confounding · baffling · mystifying · puzzling · obfuscating · clouding · obscuring
vertigo
Sensation of spinning
unsteady · off-balance · dislocated · adrift · lost · astray · groundless · untethered · displaced · uprooted
- muddlingmuddling, jumbling, scrambling, mixing up, disarranging
derangingstabilizing
Making firm or constant
grounding · centering · clarifying · sobering · healing
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Inducing a settled state
soothing · stabilizing · tranquilizing · pacifying · settling
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Systematically positioning elements
ordering · organizing · systematizing · sorting · straightening
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