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Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane. The story of a poor deranged parish lad. Lamb.

Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged. Over moist and crazy brains. Hudibras.

The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity.

Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment.

r own proper, true, or real character; hence, her right, or sane, mind; as, the woman was deranged, but she is now herself again; she has come to herself. By herself, alone; apart; unaccompanied.

Deranged in mind; out of one's senses. [Obs.] These poor informal women. Shak.

Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2.

Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy. Are his wits safe Is he not light of brain Shak.

Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired. [Obs.] Bp. Reynolds.

Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic.

A system of treatment based on the theory that diseases are chiefly due to deranged mechanism of the bones, nerves, blood vessels, and other tissues, and can be remedied by manipulations of these parts.

Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind.

Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind. Pope.

Disordered or unsettled in intellect; deranged. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.