Definition of Unhinged
Unhinged
un·hinged


Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
highly disturbed or distraught, mentally unbalanced or deranged;

e.g. Only an unhinged mind could plan and execute an act like this one.

(verb)
made something unstable or threw it into disorder, especially made a person mentally unstable or unbalanced;

e.g. It was his father's death that unhinged him and made him lose his mind.

(verb)
took something off its hinges, especially took a door off its hinges;

e.g. They unhinged the old door and fitted a new one in its place.



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