mental derangement
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dérangement — [ derɑ̃ʒmɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1636; de déranger 1 ♦ Mise en désordre. ⇒ bouleversement, fam. chambardement, déplacement, désorganisation, remue ménage. Causer du dérangement dans les papiers, les affaires de qqn. 2 ♦ État de ce qui est dérangé. Désordre… … Encyclopédie Universelle
mental deficiency — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, alienation, amentia, arrested development, backwardness, blithering idiocy, brain damage, brainsickness, clouded mind, craziness, cretinism, daftness, dementedness, dementia, derangement,… … Moby Thesaurus
derangement — Synonyms and related words: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, abnormality, abnormity, alienation, amorphism, anomalism, anomalousness, anomaly, brain damage, brainsickness, clouded mind, confusion, convulsion, craziness, daftness, dementedness,… … Moby Thesaurus
mental illness — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, alienation, brain damage, brain disease, brainsickness, clouded mind, crack up, craziness, daftness, dementedness, dementia, derangement, disorientation, distraction, emotional disorder,… … Moby Thesaurus
derangement — [[t]dɪre͟ɪnʤmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT Derangement is the state of being mentally ill and unable to think or act in a controlled way. [OLD FASHIONED] ...serious evidence of mental derangement … English dictionary
derangement — 1737, disturbance of regular order, from Fr. dérangement (17c.), from déranger (see DERANGE (Cf. derange)). Of mental order, from 1800 … Etymology dictionary
mental alienation — n mental disorder or derangement: insanity … Medical dictionary
Derangement — De*range ment, n. [Cf. F. d[ e]rangement.] The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn: Disorder; confusion; embarrassment;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mental unsoundness — noun a state of mental disturbance and disorientation • Syn: ↑derangement, ↑unbalance • Derivationally related forms: ↑unbalance (for: ↑unbalance), ↑derange (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mental pain — pain pain (p[=a]n), n. [OE. peine, F. peine, fr. L. poena, penalty, punishment, torment, pain; akin to Gr. poinh penalty. Cf. {Penal}, {Pine} to languish, {Punish}.] 1. Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
