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The meaning of UNHINGED is highly disturbed, unstable, or distraught. How to use unhinged in a sentence.
Unhinged definition: having no hinge or hinges, or with the hinges removed. See examples of UNHINGED used in a sentence.
adjective. uk / ʌnˈhɪndʒd / us / ʌnˈhɪndʒd / Add to word list. mentally ill: I sometimes think that your mother is a little unhinged. Synonyms. crazy. demented. disturbed. mad. sick. unbalanced. unhinge. (Definition of unhinged from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
1. : to make unstable : unsettle, disrupt. unhinge the balance of world peace. pressure that would unhinge a less experienced person. 2. : to remove from the hinges. unhinge a door. Synonyms. crack. craze. derange. frenzy. loco. madden. unbalance. unstring. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of unhinge in a Sentence.
1. adjective. If you describe someone's behaviour or performance as unhinged, you are critical of it because it seems wild and uncontrollable. [journalism, disapproval] The phrase 'yeah yeah yeah' can rarely have been delivered with so much unhinged passion. 2. See also unhinge. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
If someone's unhinged, they aren't completely sane. Unhinged is another way to say "crazy" or "out to lunch." Babysitting six kids between the ages of three and ten for an entire day might leave you feeling a little unhinged.
adjective. /ʌnˈhɪndʒd/ (sometimes offensive) having a mental illness that makes somebody unable to think or behave normally. the delusions of an unhinged mind. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
to make someone very upset or mentally ill She was unhinged by the death of her child and never recovered.
to cause mental illness in someone: The threats of the modern world have unhinged us. Her mind was completely unhinged by shock and grief. See. unhinged. Fewer examples. He became unhinged by pressures at work. The news had the effect of unhinging his already unstable emotions. Something about this scene unhinges me.
Synonyms for UNHINGED: psychotic, lunatic, insane, mad, nuts, maniacal, crazy, maniac; Antonyms of UNHINGED: sane, sound, balanced, reasonable, rational, clear, lucid, normal
