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View usage for: (ʌnhɪndʒ) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense unhinges, present participle unhinging, past tense, past participle unhingedverbIf you say that an experience has unhinged someone, you mean that it has affected them so deeply that they have become mentallyill. The stress of war temporarily unhinged him. [VERB noun] Synonyms: unbalance, confuse, derange, disorder More Synonyms of unhinge unhinged adjective ...feelings that make you feel completely unhinged and crazy. Synonyms: deranged, mad, crazy [informal], wild More Synonyms of unhinge unhinge in British English (ʌnˈhɪndʒ) verb (transitive)1. to remove (a door, gate, etc) from its hinges 2. to derange or unbalance (a person, his or her mind, etc) 3. to disrupt or unsettle (a process or state of affairs) 4. (usually foll by from) to detach or dislodge unhinge in American English (ʌnˈhɪndʒ) verb transitiveWord forms: unˈhinged or unˈhinging1. a. to remove from the hinges b. to remove the hinges from 3. to throw (the mind, etc.) into confusion; unbalance or upset Examples of 'unhinge' in a sentenceunhinge It is not many unprepared minds will remain unhinged under the load.He came across as slightly unhinged in the studio.Everyone becomes slightly unhinged but in quite a nice way.An intern at a psychiatric hospital forms a close bond with a mentally unhinged but highly intelligent young criminal.Or was he mentally unhinged, as a spokesman for the bank bluntly concluded last week?Cricketers spend so much time hanging around, it must be difficult not to become mentally unhinged.We counted him going back and forth 200 times before we realised that we were the ones who were mentally unhinged.I have become slightly unhinged.When a dish as good as this one comes along, I become slightly unhinged with excitement. Definition to make a person mentally deranged or unbalanced The stress of war temporarily unhinged him. Synonyms unbalance confuse derange disorder craze confounddistemper (archaic) dement drive you out of your mind Additional synonymsDefinition to make or become mad or angry The ticking of the clock really maddens me. Synonyms infuriate, irritate, incense, enrage, upset, provoke, annoy, aggravate (informal), gall, craze, inflame, exasperate, vex, unhinge, drive you crazy, nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), drive you round the bend (British, slang), make your blood boil, piss you off (taboo, slang), drive you to distraction (informal), get your goat (slang), drive you round the twist (British, slang), get your dander up (informal), make your hackles rise, raise your hackles, drive you off your head (slang), drive you out of your mind, get your back up, get your hackles up, make you see red (informal), put your back up, hack you off (informal) Definition to confuse or agitate a person or the mind The presence of the two police officers unsettled her. Synonyms disturb, trouble, upset, throw (informal), bother, confuse, disorder, rattle (informal), agitate, ruffle, unnerve, disconcert, unbalance, fluster, perturb, faze, throw into confusion, throw off balance, discompose, throw into disorder, throw into uproar - unheeded
- unheralded
- unhesitating
- unhinge
- unhinged
- unholy
- unhoped-for
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