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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.
Meaning of unhinged in English. unhinged. 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.
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.
Unhinged definition: having no hinge or hinges, or with the hinges removed. See examples of UNHINGED used in a sentence.
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.
The meaning of UNHINGE is to make unstable : unsettle, disrupt. How to use unhinge in a sentence.
Definition of unhinged adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
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