unhinged

• Descreve uma pessoa que é mentalmente instável ou que age de forma extremamente irracional. Também pode indicar alguém desequilibrado, fora de si ou descontrolado emocionalmente.

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.

   Sinônimoscrazydementedderangeddisturbedinsanelunaticmadpsychoticunbalancedunstable

   Antônimoslucidrationalsanesoundstable

2. Extremely angry or upsetB2informal

   In a state of extreme emotional distress or anger.

   Fora de si

   • 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.

   Sinônimosderangeddistraughtenragedfranticfurioushystericalunbalancedunstable

   Antônimoscalmcollectedcomposedsereneunperturbedunruffled

• Verbo que significa levar alguém a um estado de instabilidade ou desequilíbrio mental, ou retirar algo das dobradiças (tirar uma porta ou janela dos gonzos).

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.

   Abalar a mente

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

   Sinônimoscrazederangediscomposedisorientdisturbmaddenunbalanceunmanunnerveunsettle

   Antônimoscalmcomposereassuresoothe

2. Remove hingesC2formal

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

   Desenvencilhar a porta

   • 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.

   Sinônimosdetachdismounttake off

   Antônimoshinge