Antonyms for unhinge

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uhn-hinj

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈhɪndʒ

Definition of unhinge

Origin : recorded earlier in the mental sense of "to disorder" the mind, etc. (1612) than in the literal one of "to take (a door, etc.) off its hinges" (1616); from un- (2) + hinge (v.). Related: Unhinged; unhinging.

verb upset

Example sentences :

The music that emanated from this group was enough to unhinge the mind.
Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett

If I once give way to favour or sentiment, I unhinge my whole system.
Extract from : « Kenelm Chillingly, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I've gone through enough to unhinge any woman's mind; but, no, I am not mad.
Extract from : « The Day of Judgment » by Joseph Hocking

The catlike creeping in between him and his constituents had also served to unhinge him.
Extract from : « The Sunset Trail » by Alfred Henry Lewis

But all this is but a vain imagination, fit only to unhinge weak minds.
Extract from : « The Queen Pedauque » by Anatole France

It was enough to unhinge any man, they said—that mysterious loss of his mate.
Extract from : « The Bushranger's Secret » by Mrs. Henry Clarke

She feared I might unhinge it and carry it away, or something of that sort, I suppose.
Extract from : « When Knighthood Was in Flower » by Charles Major

This will unhinge and overturn all polities, and, instead of government and order, leave nothing but anarchy and confusion.
Extract from : « Second Treatise of Government » by John Locke

But Schubart was now grown an adept in banishment; so trifling an event could not unhinge his equanimity.
Extract from : « The Life of Friedrich Schiller » by Thomas Carlyle

Not that I have any intentions, however, so fixed that the course of the story may not serve to unhinge them.
Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey

Synonyms for unhinge

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