Definitions for unhinges

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unhinges un·hinge

Spelling: [uhn-hinj]

IPA: /ʌnˈhɪndʒ/

Unhinges is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 160 anagrams from letters in unhinges (eghinnsu).

Definitions for unhinges

verb (used with object)

1. to remove (a door or the like) from hinges.
2. to open wide by or as if by removing supporting hinges:
3. to upset; unbalance; disorient; throw into confusion or turmoil:
4. to dislocate or disrupt the normal operation of; unsettle:
5. to detach or separate from something.
6. to cause to waver or vacillate:

Origin of unhinges

First recorded in 1605-15; un-² + hinge

Examples for unhinges

I've gone through enough to unhinge any woman's mind; but, no, I am not mad.

This will unhinge and overturn all polities, and, instead of government and order, leave nothing but anarchy and confusion.

She feared I might unhinge it and carry it away, or something of that sort, I suppose.

I know any sort of middle ground will unhinge lefties and righties both, but don't despair.

But Schubart was now grown an adept in banishment; so trifling an event could not unhinge his equanimity.

It was enough to unhinge any man, they said—that mysterious loss of his mate.

But all this is but a vain imagination, fit only to unhinge weak minds.

If I once give way to favour or sentiment, I unhinge my whole system.

The music that emanated from this group was enough to unhinge the mind.

The catlike creeping in between him and his constituents had also served to unhinge him.