Standard Lemma guide

unhinged

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ʌnˈhɪndʒd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪndʒd
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N HH IH1 N JH D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Mentally ill or unstable; deranged; insane.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, humorous, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: hinged

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not furnished with a hinge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • an unhinged door

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Not having ever been mounted using a stamp hinge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of unhinge

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

affected with madness or insanity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a man who had gone mad

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From unhinge + -ed.

From un- + hinged.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: dérangé — mentally ill or unstable
  • French: déséquilibré — mentally ill or unstable
  • French: détraqué — mentally ill or unstable
  • German: verrückt — mentally ill or unstable
  • German: verwirrt — mentally ill or unstable
  • German: verstört — mentally ill or unstable
  • Māori: wairangi — mentally ill or unstable
  • Plautdietsch: errsennich — mentally ill or unstable
  • Portuguese: desvairado — mentally ill or unstable
  • Russian: свихну́вшийся (svixnúvšijsja) — mentally ill or unstable
  • Spanish: desquiciado — mentally ill or unstable
  • Spanish: trastornado — mentally ill or unstable
  • Spanish: desencajado — mentally ill or unstable
  • German: aus der Angel — not furnished with a hinge
  • Spanish: desquiciado — not furnished with a hinge
  • Spanish: desgoznado — not furnished with a hinge
  • Spanish: desencajado — not furnished with a hinge
  • German: ungefalzt — never been mounted using a stamp hinge