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- Dictionaryunhinged/ʌnˈhɪn(d)ʒd/
adjective
- 1. mentally unbalanced; deranged: "the violent acts of unhinged minds"
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The meaning of UNHINGED is highly disturbed, unstable, or distraught. How to use unhinged in a sentence.
mentally ill: I sometimes think that your mother is a little unhinged. Synonyms. crazy. demented. disturbed. mad. sick. unbalanced.
Unhinged definition: having no hinge or hinges, or with the hinges removed. See examples of UNHINGED used in a sentence.
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.
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.
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.
