unhinged

Other forms of unhinged

comparative

unhingedder·

superlative

unhingeddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about unhinged

What does unhinged mean?

unhinged means "affected with madness or insanity".

How many syllables are in unhinged?

unhinged has 2 syllables: unhin-ged. The stress falls on "ged". In IPA it is /ənˈhɪndʒd/.

What is another word for unhinged?

Close synonyms include brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unhinged a common word?

unhinged is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.