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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;
- Example: "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
[syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder]

2. remove the hinges from;
- Example: "unhinge the door"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Unhinge \Un*hinge"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + hinge.] [1913 Webster] 1. To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door. [1913 Webster] 2. To displace; to unfix by violence. --Blackmore. [1913 Webster] 3. To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves. [1913 Webster] Why should I then unhinge my brains, ruin my mind? --South. [1913 Webster] His sufferings, nay the revolutions of his fate, had not in the least unhinged his mind. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

unhinge v 1: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" [syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder] 2: remove the hinges from; "unhinge the door"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "unhinge": agitate, bother, craze, dement, derange, disarrange, disarticulate, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, displace, disquiet, distract, disturb, drive insane, drive mad, flurry, fluster, frenzy, luxate, mad, madden, make mad, perturb, send mad, shatter, sicken, turn, unbalance, unjoint, unseat, unsettle, untune, upset