DERANGING Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

deranging

verb

present participle of derange

as in unbalancing

to cause to go insane or as if insane being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone

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as in disrupting

to undo the proper order or arrangement of the storage room had all been deranged by the earthquake, and it took hours to sort things out

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Recent Examples of deranging Instagram demanded a certain sort of woman and then produced her, deranging broad swaths of the population in the process. — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026 Gabriel going missing proves to be deranging to Caroline, and the novel becomes increasingly deranged with her. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026

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The risk is that only a handful of clubs will be able to cough up those sums, unbalancing the market.

— Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 19 May 2026

Definition of unbalancing

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Almost constant air raids in Kyiv have now reached their third day, choking the economy in the Ukrainian capital and severely disrupting civilian life more than 4½ years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
In 2023, workers accused the company of disrupting union activities, including implying workers could be dismissed for participating in a union protest and locking emergency exits on the day workers planned to picket outside.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of disrupting

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Since each qubit is individually connected to the coupler, each qubit can be individually reset without disturbing its neighboring qubits.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Kyiv authorities told parents to prepare for the possibility of attacks disturbing school and urged them to teach their children what to do during an alert.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of disturbing

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The bull riders—including the current champion, 20-year-old John Crimber—stand with their cowboy hat over their heart, boots shuffling nervously in the dirt.

— Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
There must have been a hundred of us there, circling the truck, clambering onto its hood, shuffling and shimmying and twerking with abandon.

— Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of shuffling

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The distracting Diwali fireworks distracted led to reshoots of the pivotal moment.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Not only are these sheer curtains over half off right now, but the subtle stripe adds just enough visual interest without distracting from your room’s overall design scheme.

— Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of distracting

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