Meaning

3 senses
  1. To remove the leaf of a door or a window from its supporting hinges.

    aus den Angeln heben

    снима́ть с пете́льsnimátʹ s petélʹ, снять с пете́льsnjatʹ s petélʹ

    remove the hinges from

  2. To dislocate.

    Many snakes can unhinge their jaw joints to swallow large prey.

  3. To mentally disturb.

    выбива́ть из колеи́vybivátʹ iz koleí, вы́бить из колеи́výbitʹ iz koleí

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Are you unhinged?

  2. He acted like an unhinged moron.

  3. The snake engulfs prey entirely by unhinging his jaw.

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  4. Some people have very unhinged beliefs about critical theory.

  5. Apropos of nothing, Tom went on an unhinged xenophobic rant.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
remove a leaf from its supporting hinges:
to mentally disturb:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
remove a leaf from its supporting hinges:

Origin

From un- + hinge.

From un- + hinge.

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Forms

unhinges, unhinging, unhinged, unhinged
Base formunhinge · to unhinge
3rd person singularunhinges
Present participleunhinging
Past simpleunhinged
Past participleunhinged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunhinge
he, she, itunhinges

Past simpleLesson

all personsunhinged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unhinged
he, she, ithas unhinged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unhinge

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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