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unbalance
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun unbalance has 2 senses
- unbalance(n = noun.state) imbalance, instability - a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium; "a hormonal imbalance" is a kind of disequilibrium
- unbalance(n = noun.state) derangement, mental unsoundness - a state of mental disturbance and disorientation; Array is a kind of insanity
Derived form verb unbalance2
Verb unbalance has 2 senses
- unbalance(v = verb.stative) Array - throw out of balance or equilibrium; "The tax relief unbalanced the budget"; "The prima donna unbalances the smooth work in our department" Antonym: balance
- unbalance(v = verb.emotion) derange - derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane; "The death of his parents unbalanced him" is one way to craze, madden
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived form noun unbalance2
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unbalance, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 upset the physical or mental balance of (unbalanced by the blow; the shock unbalanced him).
2 (as unbalanced adj.) a not balanced. b (of a mind or a person) unstable or deranged.
--n. lack of balance; instability, esp. mental.
--v.tr.
1 upset the physical or mental balance of (unbalanced by the blow; the shock unbalanced him).
2 (as unbalanced adj.) a not balanced. b (of a mind or a person) unstable or deranged.
--n. lack of balance; instability, esp. mental.
THESAURUS
unbalance
aberration, abnormality, alienation, asymmetry, brain damage, brainsickness, clouded mind, contrariety, craze, craziness, daftness, dement, dementedness, dementia, derange, derangement, difference, disbalance, disequilibrate, disequilibrium, disorientation, disparity, disproportion, distract, distraction, drive insane, drive mad, folie, frenzy, furor, heterogeneity, imbalance, inadequacy, inequality, inequity, injustice, insaneness, insanity, instability, insufficiency, irrationality, irregularity, loss of mind, loss of reason, lunacy, mad, madden, madness, make mad, mania, mental deficiency, mental derangement, mental disease, mental disorder, mental disturbance, mental illness, mental instability, mental sickness, mind overthrown, mindsickness, nonuniformity, oddness, odds, overbalance, pixilation, possession, psychopathy, queerness, rabidness, reasonlessness, send mad, senselessness, shatter, shattered mind, shortcoming, sick mind, sickness, skew, strangeness, throw off balance, unbalanced mind, unevenness, unfair discrimination, unhinge, unsaneness, unsound mind, unsoundness, unsoundness of mind, upset, witlessness
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