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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.
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)
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.
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 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. the endless harassment by the guards completely unhinged the prisoners of war I was momentarily unhinged by the unexpected question.
Definition of unhinged adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.