1.
[syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder]
2. remove the hinges from;
- Example: "unhinge the door"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unhinge \Un*hinge"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + hinge.]
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1. To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.
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2. To displace; to unfix by violence. --Blackmore.
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3. To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to
unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves.
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Why should I then unhinge my brains, ruin my mind?
--South.
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His sufferings, nay the revolutions of his fate, had
not in the least unhinged his mind. --Walpole.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unhinge
v 1: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or
alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her
father was seriously ill" [syn: perturb, unhinge,
disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder]
2: remove the hinges from; "unhinge the door"