unhinge

  • 11unhinge — Synonyms and related words: agitate, bother, craze, dement, derange, disarrange, disarticulate, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, displace, disquiet, distract, disturb, drive insane, drive mad, flurry, fluster, frenzy, luxate, mad, madden, make mad …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 12unhinge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. unsettle, derange, unbalance, craze. See insanity. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To detach] Syn. dislodge, disjoint, disunite; see remove 1 , unhitch . 2. [To upset] Syn. unbalance, disorder, derange; see …

    English dictionary for students

  • 13unhinge — un|hinge [ʌnˈhındʒ] v [T] to make someone become very upset or mentally ill ▪ The terrible experience seemed to have unhinged him slightly. >unhinged adj …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14unhinge — un|hinge [ ʌn hındʒ ] verb transitive to make someone upset or mentally ill ╾ un|hinged adjective …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 15unhinge — [[t]ʌ̱nhɪ̱nʤ[/t]] unhinges, unhinging, unhinged VERB If you say that an experience has unhinged someone, you mean that it has affected them so deeply that they have become mentally ill. [V n] The stress of war temporarily unhinged him. Syn:… …

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  • 16unhinge — v. take off the hinges (e.g. a door, gate, etc.); open very wide; throw into confusion, upset; detach, discompose …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 17unhinge — verb 1》 [usu. as adjective unhinged] make mentally unbalanced.     ↘throw into disorder. 2》 take (a door) off its hinges …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 18unhinge — v. a. 1. Remove from the hinges. 2. Disorder, confuse, derange, unsettle, shatter. 3. Displace, unfix …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 19unhinge — verb (T) to make someone become mentally ill: The terrible experience seemed to have unhinged him slightly. unhinged adjective …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20unhinge — v 1. detach, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, separate, sever, cleave, part; remove, take away; open wide, split open. 2. unbalance, derange, distemper; make crazy or mad or insane, drive wild, drive out of one s mind, push over the brink, Sl.… …

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