Antonyms for unglued


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : uhn-glood
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈglud


Definition of unglued

Origin :
  • 1540s, from un- (2) "opposite of" + glue (v.). Related: Unglued; ungluing. Unglued in figurative sense is recorded from 1922.
  • As in puzzled : adj confused
  • As in strained : adj forced, pretended
  • As in unbalanced : adj crazy; mentally disturbed
  • As in upset : adj disturbed, bothered
  • As in bewildered : adj confused
  • As in undone : adj distraught
  • As in unstuck : adj unfastened
  • As in madding : adj frantic
  • As in muddle-headed : adj confused
  • As in addled : adj confused
  • As in confused : adj disoriented mentally
  • As in crazy : adj mentally strange
  • As in demented : adj crazy, insane
  • As in deranged : adj crazy, insane
  • As in disconcerted : adj confused; shaken
  • As in distraught : adj very upset, worked-up
  • As in distressed : adj upset
  • As in frantic : adj distressed, distracted
  • As in anxious : adj worried, tense
  • As in haywire : adj broken; crazy
  • As in demoralize : verb depress, unnerve
Example sentences :
  • After a time he unglued his thick lips to ask me if I had seen his brother yet.
  • Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • But we are glad that the carpenter did not leave the legs of it unglued for a joke.
  • Extract from : « A Chesterton Calendar » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Sometimes the sound board gets loose or unglued at the edges, or the bridges or ribs come loose.
  • Extract from : « Piano Tuning » by J. Cree Fischer
  • Using the outspread fingers of each hand, begin with the unglued edge and roll the paper around the wood.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 » by Various
  • Baston, unglued from the wall, spoke up with his usual pompous eagerness.
  • Extract from : « Tharon of Lost Valley » by Vingie E. Roe
  • Somewhere in the damp, without doubt; that instrument will be unglued and spoilt in ten minutes—ten!
  • Extract from : « Under the Greenwood Tree » by Thomas Hardy
  • Books soon become mildewed or unglued and the finest library will soon have the appearance of a secondhand bookshop.
  • Extract from : « Birdseye Views of Far Lands » by James T. Nichols

Synonyms for unglued

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