unhinged

English

Etymology 1

unhinge +‎ -ed

Verb

unhinged

1. simple past and past participle of unhinge

Adjective

unhinged (comparative more unhinged, superlative most unhinged)

1. (figuratively, usually humorous) Mentally ill or unstable.
   • 1998, SPIN (page 78)

     After the screening, a large crowd filled the street outside the theater, playing spot-the-sublebrity with some of the film's prime characters, including Nirvana photographer Alice Wheeler and Love's estranged (and notoriously unhinged) father.

Translations

mentally ill or unstable

• French: dérangé (fr), déséquilibré (fr), détraqué (fr)
• German: verwirrt (de), verstört (de)
• Plautdietsch: errsennich
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: свихнувшийся (ru) (svixnuvšijsja)
• Spanish: desquiciado (es)

Etymology 2

un- +‎ hinged

Adjective

unhinged (comparative more unhinged, superlative most unhinged)

1. Not furnished with a hinge.

   an unhinged door

2. (philately, of a stamp) Not having ever been mounted using a stamp hinge.

Translations

not furnished with a hinge

• German: aus der Angel
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: desquiciado (es)

never been mounted using a stamp hinge

• German: ungefalzt
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• MUH
• MNH