| Main Entry: | derangement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confusion |
Synonyms: |
disorder, jumble, muddle |
| Main Entry: | derangement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insanity |
Synonyms: |
dementia, lunacy, madness |
| Concept: | [Subversion of order; bringing into disorder] Derangement. |
| Category: | 1. ORDER |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
derangement; disorder; evection, discomposure, disturbance; disorganization, deorganization; dislocation; perturbation, interruption; shufflng; inversion; corrugation (fold); involvement.
-verbs
derange; disarrange, misarrange; displace, misplace; mislay, discompose, disorder; deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize; embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble; shuffle, randomize; huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot; bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder [more]; muss [U.S.]; break the ranks, disconcert, convulse; break in upon., unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear., turn topsy-turvy (invert) [more]; bedevil; complicate, involve, perplex, confound; imbrangle, embrangle, tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle, dishevel, ruffle; rumple (fold)., litter, scatter; mix.
-adjectives
deranged; syncretic, syncretistic; mussy, messy; flaky; random, unordered [U.S.].
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Antonyms: |
arrangement |
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| Main Entry: | clutter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disarray, mess |
Synonyms: |
ataxia, chaos, confusion, derangement, disorder, hodgepodge, huddle, jumble, litter, medley, melange, muddle, rummage, scramble, shuffle, tumble, untidiness |
Antonyms: |
neatness, order, tidiness |
| Main Entry: | delirium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | madness |
Synonyms: |
aberration, ardor, dementia, derangement, ecstasy, enthusiasm, fervor, fever, frenzy, furor, fury, hallucination, hysteria, insanity, lunacy, mania, passion, rage, raving, transport, zeal |
Antonyms: |
balance, calmness, saneness |
| Main Entry: | dementia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | senility |
Synonyms: |
Alzheimer's disease, derangement, insanity, madness, mental decay, mental deterioration, mental disorder, personality change, softening of the brain, unbalance |
| Main Entry: | disorder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chaos, clutter |
Synonyms: |
anarchy, ataxia, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, discombobulation, disorderliness, disorganization, huddle, irregularity, jumble, mess, muddle, rat's nest, shambles, snarl, topsyturviness, untidiness |
Antonyms: |
arrangement, conformity, method, order, orderliness, organization, system |
| Main Entry: | disorganization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unordered situation or thing |
Synonyms: |
anarchy, chaos, confusion, derangement, disarray, disjointedness, disorder, disruption, dissolution, disunion, foul-up, incoherence, mix-up, rat's nest, screw-up, unconnectedness, unholy mess |
Antonyms: |
coherence, method, neatness, order, organization, plan, system, tidiness |
| Main Entry: | disturbance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; upset |
Synonyms: |
agitation, annoyance, big scene, big stink, bother, brawl, brouhaha, clamor, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disarrangement, disorder, disruption, distraction, eruption, explosion, ferment, fisticuffs, flap, fracas, fray, fuss, hindrance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, insurrection, interruption, intrusion, molestation, perturbation, quake, quarrel, racket, rampage, restlessness, riot, ruckus, rumble, shock, spasm, stink*, stir*, storm, to-do, tremor, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar, violence |
Antonyms: |
calm, order, peace, quiet, tranquility |
| Main Entry: | frenzy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncontrolled state or situation |
Synonyms: |
aberration, agitation, blow, blow a fuse, blow one's cork, blow one's stack, blow one's top, bout, burst, conniption, convulsion, craze, delirium, derangement, distemper, distraction, dithers, excitement, ferment, fever, fit, flap, flip one's lid, free-for-all, furor, fury, fuss, hell broke loose, hysteria, insanity, lather, lunacy, madness, mania, outburst, paroxysm, passion, rage, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, seizure, spasm, stew, stir, to-do, transport, turmoil, wingding |
Antonyms: |
calmness, peace, peacefulness |