Synonyms of unhinged

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adjective

ˌən-ˈhinjd 

as in psychotic

unable to think in a clear or sensible way

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
• insane
• mad
• maniacal
• crazy
• mental
• nuts
• crazed
• disturbed
• demented
• deranged
• psycho
• unbalanced
• nutty
• irrational
• loco
• cracked
• depressed
• eccentric
• strange
• foolish
• certifiable
• around the bend
• haywire
• off
• batty
• bonkers
• daft
• out to lunch
• unsound
• obsessed
• non compos mentis
• brainsick
• queer
• fey
• distraught
• distracted
• ballistic
• frantic
• unreasonable
• crackers
• hysterical
• loopy
• delusional
• delirious
• bats
• disordered
• delusionary
• aberrant
• off one's rocker
• nuclear
• odd
• off one's gourd
• oddball
• off one's head
• wud
• dotty
• out of one's head
• touched
• berserk
• witless
• pixilated
• frenzied
• monomaniacal
• raving
• senseless
• potty
• fixated
• ape
• teched
• monomaniac
• wigged-out
• 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
• perturbed
• agitated
• irritated
• locoed
• disquieted
• unstrung
• vexed
• discomposed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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
• dismayed
• disquieted
• frazzled
• derailed
• distempered
• irritated
• flurried
• discomposed
• discomforted
• confused
• rattled
• weirded out
• exasperated
• freaked (out)
• exercised
• ailed
• embarrassed
• undid
• aggravated
• fussed
• bugged
• harassed
• riled
• vexed
• harried
• irked
• peeved
• nettled
• flustered
• hagrode
• discouraged
• grated
• piqued
• bedeviled
• fretted
• disconcerted
• nonplussed
• put off
• pestered
• jarred
• galled
• put out
• chafed
• mortified
• confounded
• unnerved
• discomfited
• dispirited
• fazed
• abashed
• chivied
• shook up
• demoralized
• daunted
• disheartened
• discountenanced
• got

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unhinged

Adjective

Bobby is open to a partnership with Italian mobster Marco Moretti (Sergio Castellitto) and his unhinged liaison Cico Maldini (Michele Morrone). — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

Along the way, the audience can expect tons of humiliation, terrible second prizes, and the guarantee that Robertson will turn at least one poor soul's wrong turn into several minutes of unhinged public destruction. — Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026

Verb

Fuelled by unhinged online hate and anti-Israel extremism, total violent hate crimes skyrocketed by 97% since 2022, forcing terrified Jewish communities around the world into hiding. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

His reaction to these setbacks is unhinged, to say the least. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026