unhinged Definition
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unhinge
verb
- 1a. To remove (a door, etc) from its hinges;
1b. To remove the hinges from (a door, etc).
2. To unbalance or derange (a person or a person's mind).
- Thesaurus: upset, drive mad, confuse, craze, madden, unnerve, unsettle, shake, distract; Antonym: pacify, placate.
4. To detach or separate (one thing from another).
- Said of a door, etc: removed from its the hinges;
- Said of a door, etc: with its hinges removed.
- Said of a person: deranged; crazy.
- Example: Harry has been unhinged for years now
