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# unhinge

«unhinge» in Mova's school dictionary: **To take a door or lid off its hinges** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (unhinge, unhinges, unhinged, unhinging); adjective (unhinged)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To take a door or lid off its hinges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinge/#m1)

2) To upset someone so much that they stop thinking clearly or calmly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinge/#m2)

3) (informal) «Unhinged» means acting in a wild, strange or crazy way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinge/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, «unhinged» tells the reader a character has lost control or is acting madly, like a villain. In everyday and online talk, people say a joke or video is «unhinged» when it is wildly silly. In DIY, you unhinge a door to fix or paint it.

### examples

- Dad had to unhinge the door to fit the new carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinge/#x1)
- The cupboard door was unhinged and lay on the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinge/#x2)
- The shock of the news seemed to unhinge him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinge/#x3)
- The villain gave an unhinged laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinge/#x4)
- That comedy sketch was completely unhinged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinge/#x5)
- Don't let one bad mark unhinge you before the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinge/#x6)
- We unhinged the gate and carried it to the shed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinge/#x7)

### note

Mostly used as the adjective «unhinged». Calling a real person «unhinged» can be unkind, because it suggests they are mentally ill; be careful using it about people.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unhinge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.