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# unhinged

«unhinged» in Mova's school dictionary: **mentally unbalanced, acting in a wild, crazy or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Unhinged means mentally unbalanced, acting in a wild, crazy or frightening way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinged/#m1)

2) (slang) Online, «unhinged» is used jokingly for very weird or over-the-top behaviour: «That video is unhinged.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinged/#m2)

3) Literally, an unhinged door has been taken off its hinges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinged/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, an unhinged villain is wild and unpredictable. In slang among young people, it means funny and extreme. In safety and kindness lessons, pupils should know that calling real people with mental illness «unhinged» can be hurtful. Phrases: «completely unhinged», «a bit unhinged», «unhinged behaviour».

### examples

- The villain in the film was completely unhinged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinged/#x1)
- (slang) My little brother's dancing is absolutely unhinged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinged/#x2)
- (slang) «That cat video is so unhinged, I can't stop laughing.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinged/#x3)
- Dad unhinged the cupboard door to paint it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinged/#x4)
- The door hung unhinged after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinged/#x5)
- After weeks alone, the sailor in the story seemed unhinged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhinged/#x6)

### note

Adjective from the verb «unhinge». Informal and can be unkind about real people's mental health; better to say «unwell» or «acting strangely» about real people. Say «un-HINJD».

### Trees and pragmatics

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