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unhinge
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb unhinge has 2 senses
- unhinge(v = verb.emotion) cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, trouble - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" is one way to disturb, trouble, upset
- unhinge(v = verb.change) Array - remove the hinges from; "unhinge the door" is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentence:
The bad news will unhinge him
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
unhinge, v. t. [1st pref. un- + hinge.].
- To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door. [1913 Webster]
- To displace; to unfix by violence. Blackmore. [1913 Webster]
- To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves. [1913 Webster]"Why should I then unhinge my brains, ruin my mind?" [1913 Webster]"His sufferings, nay the revolutions of his fate, had not in the least unhinged his mind." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unhinge, v.tr.
1 take (a door etc.) off its hinges.
2 (esp. as unhinged adj.) unsettle or disorder (a person's mind etc.), make (a person) crazy.
1 take (a door etc.) off its hinges.
2 (esp. as unhinged adj.) unsettle or disorder (a person's mind etc.), make (a person) crazy.
THESAURUS
unhinge
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, perturb, send mad, shatter, sicken, turn, unbalance, unjoint, unseat, unsettle, untune, upsetROGET THESAURUS
unhinge
Derangement
VB derange, disarrange, misarrange, displace, misplace, mislay, discompose, disorder, deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize, embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble, shuffle, randomize, huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot, bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder, muss, break the ranks, disconcert, convulse, break in upon, unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear, turn topsy-turvy, bedevil, complicate, involve, perplex, confound, imbrangle, embrangle, tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle, dishevel, ruffle, rumple, litter, scatter, mix, rearrange.Impotence
VB be impotent, not have a leg to stand on, vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou, vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents, collapse, faint, swoon, fall into a swoon, drop, go by the board, go by the wayside, go up in smoke, end in smoke, render powerless, deprive of power, disable, disenable, disarm, incapacitate, disqualify, unfit, invalidate, deaden, cramp, tie the hands, double up, prostrate, paralyze, muzzle, cripple, becripple, maim, lame, hamstring, draw the teeth of, throttle, strangle, garrotte, garrote, ratten, silence, sprain, clip the wings of, put hors de combat, spike the guns, take the wind out of one's sails, scotch the snake, put a spoke in one's wheel, break the neck, break the back, unhinge, unfit, put out of gear, unman, unnerve, enervate, emasculate, castrate, geld, alter, neuter, sterilize, fix, shatter, exhaust, weaken.
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