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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imbalance |
| Synonyms: | astasia, disequilibration, disequilibrium, instability |
| 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: | derange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make crazy; confuse |
| Synonyms: | confound, craze*, dement, disarrange, disarray, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, displace, distract, disturb, drive mad, frenzy, madden, make insane, mess up*, misplace, muss, perplex, ruffle, rummage, unbalance, unhinge, unsettle, upset |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disconcert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake up; confuse |
| Synonyms: | abash, agitate, baffle, balk, bewilder, bug, confound, demoralize, disarrange, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, faze, fluster, foul up, frustrate, get to, hinder, nonplus, perplex, perturb, psych out, put off, puzzle, rattle, ruffle, take aback, throw off balance, trouble, unbalance, undo, unsettle, upset, upset apple cart, worry |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, soothe |
| Main Entry: | distract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divert attention; confuse |
| Synonyms: | abstract, addle, agitate, amuse, befuddle, beguile, bewilder, call away, catch flies, confound, derange, detract, discompose, disconcert, disturb, divert, draw away, engross, entertain, fluster, frenzy, harass, lead astray, lead away, madden, mislead, mix up, occupy, perplex, puzzle, sidetrack, stall, throw off, torment, trouble, turn aside, unbalance, unhinge |
| Antonyms: | clarify, explain |
| Main Entry: | insanity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental illness; foolishness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, absurdity, alienation, craziness, delirium, delusion, dementia, derangement, distraction, dotage, folly, frenzy, hallucination, hysteria, illusion, inanity, irrationality, irresponsibility, lunacy, madness, mania, mental disorder, neurosis, phobia, preposterousness, psychopathy, psychosis, senselessness, unbalance, unreasonableness, witlessness |
| Antonyms: | balance, sanity, soundness, wellness |
| Main Entry: | madden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make angry |
| Synonyms: | anger, annoy, bother, craze, derange, distract, drive crazy, drive insane, drive out of mind, drive to distraction, enrage, exasperate, frenzy, incense, inflame, infuriate, ire, irritate, make see red, pester, possess, provoke, shatter, steam up, umbrage, unbalance, unhinge, upset, vex |
| Antonyms: | gladden, make happy |
| Main Entry: | madness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insanity |
| Synonyms: | aberration, absurdity, craziness, delirium, delusion, dementia, derangement, fanaticism, foolishness, hysteria, irrationality, lunacy, madness, mania, mental disorder, mental illness, neurosis, phobia, psychopathy, psychosis, stupidity, unbalance |
| Main Entry: | tangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knot, complicate |
| Synonyms: | catch, coil, confuse, derange, discompose, disorganize, drag into, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, foul up, hamper, implicate, interlace, interlock, intertwist, interweave, involve, jam, kink, make a party to, mat, mesh, mess up*, mix up, muck up, obstruct, perplex, ravel, snarl, tie up, trap, twist, unbalance, upset |
| Antonyms: | straighten, uncomplicate, untangle, untwist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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