Synonyms of unhinged

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adjective

as in psychotic

having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind

destined to become one of the nation's most notorious serial killers, he apparently became unhinged as a result of being abandoned as a young teen

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

unhinged

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verb

past tense of unhinge

1

as in disturbed

to cause to go insane or as if insane

the endless harassment by the guards completely unhinged the prisoners of war

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in alarmed

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

I was momentarily unhinged by the unexpected question

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbed
• alarmed
• distracted
• bothered
• worried
• concerned
• agitated
• unsettled
• angered
• haunted
• upset
• distressed
• annoyed
• perturbed
• plagued
• disquieted
• frazzled
• dismayed
• derailed
• irritated
• distempered
• flurried
• discomposed
• discomforted
• confused
• rattled
• weirded out
• exasperated
• freaked (out)
• embarrassed
• exercised
• ailed
• undid
• aggravated
• bugged
• fussed
• harassed
• alarumed
• riled
• vexed
• harried
• irked
• peeved
• nettled
• flustered
• hagrode
• discouraged
• grated
• piqued
• bedeviled
• fretted
• chivvied
• disconcerted
• nonplussed
• put off
• pestered
• jarred
• galled
• put out
• nonplused
• chafed
• mortified
• confounded
• unnerved
• discomfited
• dispirited
• fazed
• abashed
• chivied
• shook up
• demoralized
• daunted
• vext
• disheartened
• discountenanced
• got

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calmed
• composed
• quieted
• soothed
• settled
• alleviated
• tranquilized
• allayed
• tranquillized
• assuaged
• mollified
• appeased
• placated
• pacified
• propitiated
• conciliated