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- DictionaryUn·hinged/ˌənˈhinjd/
adjective
- 1. mentally unbalanced; deranged: "the violent acts of unhinged minds"
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.
mentally ill: I sometimes think that your mother is a little unhinged. Synonyms. crazy. demented. disturbed. mad. sick. unbalanced.
Unhinged stems from the less common verb unhinge, which meant "disorder the mind" before it was ever used to mean "take a door off its hinges." Definitions of unhinged. adjective. affected with madness or insanity. synonyms: brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced. insane.
The meaning of UNHINGE is to make unstable : unsettle, disrupt. How to use 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.
1. To remove (a door, for example) from the hinges. 2. To separate or disconnect: "Such military spending was completely unhinged from any justifiable operational requirement" (James Carroll). 3. a. To confuse or disrupt: an event that unhinged the marriage. b. To derange or unbalance: He was unhinged by his wife's death.
