Deranged vs Loon - What's the difference?
deranged | loon |
disturbed or upset, especially mentally
* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
insane
(derange)
idler, lout
(chiefly, Scotland, Ulster) boy, lad
(chiefly, Scotland) harlot; mistress
(chiefly, Scotland) simpleton
(slang) crazy or deranged person
(Ireland) English Soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.
(US, Canada) Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes , of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.
As an adjective deranged
is disturbed or upset, especially mentally.As a verb deranged
is past tense of derange.As a noun loon is
idler, lout.deranged
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.