Synonyms of unbalanced

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adjective

ˌən-ˈba-lən(t)st 

1

as in psychotic

having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind

horrific crimes that obviously were committed by a very unbalanced person

Synonyms & Similar Words

• psychotic
• insane
• mad
• lunatic
• nuts
• crazy
• mental
• maniacal
• disturbed
• paranoid
• maniac
• gaga
• paranoidal
• deranged
• crazed
• whacky
• psycho
• strange
• unhinged
• demented
• screwy
• irrational
• cracked
• looney
• eccentric
• nutty
• depressed
• ballistic
• wacky
• whacko
• haywire
• loony
• unsound
• cuckoo
• wacko
• odd
• unreasonable
• daft
• foolish
• scatty
• around the bend
• crackbrained
• kooky
• bedlam
• loony tunes
• daffy
• certifiable
• obsessed
• batty
• out to lunch
• non compos mentis
• moonstruck
• bonkers
• loco
• barmy
• bughouse
• crackpot
• distracted
• meshuga
• hysteric
• distraught
• kookie
• cranky
• fruity
• brainsick
• disordered
• schizophrenic
• meshugah
• bats
• neurotic
• looney tunes
• meshugge
• fey
• meshuggah
• frantic
• hysterical
• aberrant
• schizoid
• paranoic
• delusional
• out of one's mind
• balmy
• loopy
• off one's rocker
• sociopathic
• off one's gourd
• obsessive-compulsive
• off one's head
• delusionary
• off
• queer
• wud
• out of one's head
• crackers
• oddball
• delirious
• paranoiac
• nuclear
• tetched
• pixilated
• touched
• dotty
• pixillated
• berserk
• witless
• amuck
• senseless
• fixated
• monomaniacal
• wigged-out
• frenzied
• teched
• monomaniac
• ape
• raving
• amok
• potty
• bananas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• balanced
• sound
• reasonable
• sane
• clear
• rational
• normal
• wise
• lucid
• sensible
• judicious
• healthy
• uncrazy
• compos mentis
• well-adjusted
• unneurotic

2

as in unstable

not being in or able to maintain a state of balance

in such an unbalanced political situation, the probability of war increases

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unstable
• unsteady
• wobbly
• precarious
• shaky
• wonky
• rocky
• tipsy
• lopsided
• tippy
• insecure
• wabbly
• infirm
• uneven
• rickety
• unsound
• awry
• doddering
• wavery
• askew
• tottering
• teetering
• tottery
• doddery
• jiggling
• jiggly
• off-kilter
• staggery
• cockeyed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• balanced
• stable
• steady
• stabilized
• level
• straight
• substantial
• equilibrated
• even
• sound
• sturdy

unbalanced

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verb

past tense of unbalance

as in disturbed

to cause to go insane or as if insane

the shock of the loss of his wife and children completely unbalanced him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbed
• confused
• distracted
• deranged
• crazed
• unhinged
• upset
• unsettled
• frenzied
• bothered
• annoyed
• maddened
• perturbed
• cracked
• irritated
• agitated
• locoed
• unstrung
• disquieted
• vexed
• discomposed
• vext

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• relaxed
• calmed
• soothed
• quieted
• settled
• tranquilized
• tranquillized

Examples of unbalanced in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Similarly, Kenyon and his team’s new study is far from definitive evidence that mouthwash use—or, an unbalanced oral microbiome more broadly—is in some way driving cancer or periodontal disease cases. —Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 11 July 2024

Biden said when asked whether he’s said anything that might incite someone who is mentally unbalanced to act violently. —Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024

Flaws include poor head position, legs that are too low (which can cause an anchoring and slowing effect), unbalanced body rotation and inefficient breathing. —Katherine Douglass, Scientific American, 8 July 2024

When the big man became unbalanced from all the twirling, Uchida threw him to the mat. —Elliott Almond, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024