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Synonyms for unhinge

Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhn-hinj
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈhɪndʒ

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Définition 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

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