1
as in to disturb
to cause to go insane or as if insane
the endless harassment by the guards completely unhinged the prisoners of war
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2
as in to distract
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
I was momentarily unhinged by the unexpected question
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Recent Examples of unhinge
Democrats should stand for compassion and fairness, but not for an encompassing theory of systemic oppression that most Americans don’t recognize and rightly view as unhinged.
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Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
At the constitutionally minimal age of 25, Cawthorn was among the youngest House members ever and drew negative headlines over several scandals, embarrassing videos, unhinged rhetoric, and run-ins with the law.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025
The story becomes increasingly unhinged as the locals try to figure out what happened.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2025
See video … WATCH KRISTEN GAFFNEY – Dems are unhinged about Sydney Sweeney.
—FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
At the constitutionally minimal age of 25, Cawthorn was among the youngest House members ever and drew negative headlines over several scandals, embarrassing videos, unhinged rhetoric, and run-ins with the law.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025
The story becomes increasingly unhinged as the locals try to figure out what happened.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2025
See video … WATCH KRISTEN GAFFNEY – Dems are unhinged about Sydney Sweeney.
—FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhinge
Verb
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Vic and Cali hadn’t wanted a wedding, but this had disturbed Vic’s parents.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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Two players take on the roles of a brother and sister who are searching for their missing buddies on an island inhabited by some rather disturbing monsters.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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But one way to distract and soothe your temperamental toddler might be through music.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
12 Sep. 2025
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Molina, who is fascinated by silver screen legend Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez), distracts himself and Valentín with a recounting of his favorite film of hers — The Kiss of the Spider Woman.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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Through it all, what unsettled me in those places was the fragility of trust between armed patrols and the civilians around them — the uneasy sense that one spark could undo any tenuous stability.—
Eric Chastain,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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One of my clients, a senior executive in a major technology company, shared how the organization's shifting priorities were unsettling the team.—
Gamze Acar Bayraktaroglu,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The women were too busy cooking, crafting, and caring for the family to bother with the stone tools used by men in hunting and building.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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Why ban books, Postman asked, if no one bothers to read them?—
Time,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And Kiritsis, as Skarsgård plays him (with a jittery but logical fast-talk fervor that makes this one of the actor’s two or three most potent performances), is a very different figure than the real Tony Kiritisis, who was older and more visibly deranged.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
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Fans are even speculating that Swift may drop the first single from her upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl, in the series finale—which seems deranged, but weirder things have happened.—
Olivia Petter,
Vogue,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Not knowing much about the condition, Mares-Sedillo worried that her face would be permanently altered.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The condition's most severe symptoms are sensitivities to spices, salt, and sweets, which means there's no reason to worry about a geographic tongue diagnosis.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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Candida is part of a healthy microbiota but in high abundance, it has been identified as an opportunistic microorganism, causing a reduction in community diversity, and unbalancing the gut microbiota.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 June 2025
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Hawkins’s performance as a woman who was destroyed by the death of her daughter, more so than anyone around her seems to realize, both powers and unbalances the film.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
30 May 2025
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The growing interest in geoengineering has alarmed some scientists, including Martin Siegert, a glaciologist at the University of Exeter in England and lead author of the new study.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025
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Continue reading … SHEEN COMES CLEAN – Charlie Sheen reveals how his massive drug habit alarmed the drug cartel supplying him.—
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FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Unhinge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhinge. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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