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- Dictionaryunhinged/ʌnˈhɪn(d)ʒd/
adjective
- 1. mentally unbalanced; deranged: "the violent acts of unhinged minds"
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mentally ill: I sometimes think that your mother is a little unhinged. Synonyms. crazy. demented. disturbed. mad. sick. unbalanced.
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. 1. having no hinge or hinges, or with the hinges removed. an unhinged gate. 2. unsettled, disordered, or distraught. He became unhinged when his friend died. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin.
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.
Definition of unhinged adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The meaning of UNHINGE is to make unstable : unsettle, disrupt. How to use unhinge in a sentence. to make unstable : unsettle, disrupt; to remove from the hinges…
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.
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.
having no hinge or hinges, or with the hinges removed: an unhinged gate. unsettled, disordered, or distraught: He became unhinged when his friend died.
