unhinged

• Describe a una persona que está mentalmente inestable o que se comporta de manera extremadamente irracional.

Describes a person who is mentally unstable or behaving in a wildly irrational manner.

1. Mentally unstableB2informal

   Behaving in a wild, irrational, or crazy manner; mentally disturbed.

   Desequilibrado mental

   • His unhinged rant during the meeting shocked everyone.
   • She became completely unhinged after the accident.
   • The movie features an unhinged villain who terrorizes the town.

   Sinónimoscrazydementedderangeddisturbedinsanelunaticmadpsychoticunbalancedunstable

   Antónimoslucidrationalsanesoundstable

2. Extremely angry or upsetB2informal

   In a state of extreme emotional distress or anger.

   Muy enojado o alterado

   • He went unhinged when he found out his car was stolen.
   • The crowd grew unhinged after the controversial decision.
   • She was unhinged with grief after losing her job.

   Sinónimosderangeddistraughtenragedfranticfurioushystericalunbalancedunstable

   Antónimoscalmcollectedcomposedsereneunperturbedunruffled

• Verbo que significa hacer que alguien pierda la estabilidad mental o el equilibrio emocional, o desquiciar a alguien; también puede referirse a quitar algo de sus goznes o bisagras.

A verb meaning to cause someone to become mentally unstable or disturbed, or to remove something from its hinges.

1. Disturb mentallyC1formal

   To cause someone to become mentally disturbed, anxious, or upset.

   Trastornar mentalmente

   • The traumatic event seemed to unhinge him completely.
   • Constant stress can unhinge even the strongest person.
   • The shocking news unhinged her for several days.

   Sinónimoscrazederangediscomposedisorientdisturbmaddenunbalanceunmanunnerveunsettle

   Antónimoscalmcomposereassuresoothe

2. Remove hingesC2formal

   To physically remove the hinges from a door, gate, or similar object.

   Desquiciar (quitar bisagras)

   • The workers had to unhinge the old door to replace it.
   • He carefully unhinged the gate before painting it.
   • To repair the cabinet, they needed to unhinge the doors first.

   Sinónimosdetachdismounttake off

   Antónimoshinge