Definitions for unglued

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unglued un·glued

Spelling: [uhn-glood]

IPA: /ʌnˈglud/

Unglued is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in unglued (deglnuu).

Definitions for unglued

Idioms

1. come unglued, Slang. to become upset, disorganized, or confused; lose emotional control: to disintegrate or collapse; fall apart; break down:

adjective

1. separated or detached; not glued.

verb (used with object)

1. to separate or detach by or as if by overcoming an adhesive agent:
2. Slang. to confuse or upset: to cause to fail or lose effectiveness.

Origin of unglued

1685-95; (def 1) un-¹ + glued; (def 2) unglue + -ed²

Examples for unglued

But we are glad that the carpenter did not leave the legs of it unglued for a joke.

Somewhere in the damp, without doubt; that instrument will be unglued and spoilt in ten minutes—ten!

Using the outspread fingers of each hand, begin with the unglued edge and roll the paper around the wood.

Baston, unglued from the wall, spoke up with his usual pompous eagerness.

Books soon become mildewed or unglued and the finest library will soon have the appearance of a secondhand bookshop.

Sometimes the sound board gets loose or unglued at the edges, or the bridges or ribs come loose.

After a time he unglued his thick lips to ask me if I had seen his brother yet.