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Meanings of derange in English

Portuguese
desarranjar

Derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane.

desarranjar

Throw into great confusion or disorder.

Synonyms
Examples for "perturb"
Examples for "perturb"
1
Rarely need the complaisance that audacity evokes perturb the diffident man; since
Hints for Lovers
2
Once more Pike ignored the younger man's clumsy attempt to perturb him.
Star trek movie tie-in
3
The information did not perturb her, and her coolness was a challenge.
Smoke Bellew
4
In the summer she came home like this, sweet-natured and impossible to perturb.
Romancing miss bronte: a novel
5
However, one detail perturbed him: suppose autopsies revealed the presence of arsenic?
In Cold Blood
1
However, his rhythm was thrown out of kilter by the incessant banging of the war protestors' drums.
Agent 6
2
With Sakharov's death, that vast part of the world whose center is Moscow was thrown out of kilter.
The new yorker
3
His team identified networks of hundreds of genes that appear to be thrown out of kilter when mice are fed a high-fat diet.
Reuters
4
Because the Government does not want to get caught with its figures being thrown out of kilter by a no-deal Bre(...)
The Irish Times
Usage of derange in English
1
Has anything happened to derange our plans, or prevent my father's escape?
The King's Highway
2
Exciting stimulants and condiments weaken and irritate his nerves and derange the circulation.
Plain Facts for Old and Young
3
Equilibrium is the Universal, or that which has nothing external to derange it.
The Book of the Damned
4
This does not derange the numbers, since the order of succession is observed.
A Book for All Readers / An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Pres...
5
This action tends to derange the parts and makes large bearings a necessity.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891
6
The result of this very decisive flight was to derange all calculations entirely.
The Great Boer War
7
The acceptance of this commission would derange all his cherished plans.
From Canal Boy to President; Or, the Boyhood and Manhood of Jame...
8
Hatchie related the means he had used to derange Maxwell's plan.
Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue / A Tal...
9
His nerve-racking, confining, exhausting work always tends to enfeeble and derange his body.
The Joyful Heart
10
Why derange your family for one person? Six o'clock was settled.
Love Me Little, Love Me Long
11
At times in the past friends had hinted that the problem would derange him.
The Hindered Hand; or, The Reign of the Repressionist
12
Strong tea, alcoholic drinks, and tobacco derange the alimentary function.
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoh...
13
Unforeseen accidents may derange our most profound schemes of policy.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
14
Or is it that the explosion would derange her costume?
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table
15
Unwholesome articles of diet will affect the mother's milk, and derange the infant's bowels.
The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease
16
Egad, I've got something to derange the best digestion going!
Evan Harrington — Complete
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Translations for derange
Portuguese
desarranjar
Derange through the time
Derange across language varieties
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