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

The film’s director, uptight Euro expat Max (Christoph Waltz), is initially enraged by their hijacking of the shoot, but his studio fatcat bosses (both voiced by Jeff Bridges) love the unhinged results. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 June 2026

Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 10 June 2026

Verb

The birds unhinged their beaks as if to make a loud sound. — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026

And Jane is really unhinged, and is referred to throughout the play as being unhinged. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026