Unhinged

Quick meaning: Unhinged is an adjective meaning (figuratively, usually humorous) Mentally ill or unstable; deranged; insane.

Meaning

(figuratively, usually humorous) Mentally ill or unstable; deranged; insane.

More Meanings

1. simple past and past participle of unhinge
2. Not furnished with a hinge.
3. (philately, of a stamp) Not having ever been mounted using a stamp hinge.

Example Sentences

an unhinged door

The revolution of 1830 and the discomforts of his private life so preyed upon his mind that his reason became unhinged, and he had to be removed to an asylum near Caen, where he died in 1834.

After the screening, a large crowd filled the street outside the theater, playing spot-the-sublebrity with some of the film's prime characters, including Nirvana photographer Alice Wheeler and Love's estranged (and notoriously unhinged) father.

While ruling is going relatively well for Alicent, motherhood isn’t; her sons have both grown up to be real pieces of shit. Aemond (now played by Ewan Mitchell) has grown from a bullied child into a bullying adult; and it’s obvious from one look into his single eye that the bullied kid we met six years ago has grown up to be the most unhinged kind of sadist.

Synonyms for unhinged

Depending on context, synonyms include sick, mad, demented, disturbed, insane, crazy.

Antonyms for unhinged

Common opposites include hinged.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include demented, insane, crazy, mad, brainsick, sick.

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