as in psychotic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind
destined to become one of the nation's most notorious serial killers, he apparently became unhinged as a result of being abandoned as a young teen
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as in disturbed
to cause to go insane or as if insane
the endless harassment by the guards completely unhinged the prisoners of war
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as in alarmed
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
I was momentarily unhinged by the unexpected question
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Recent Examples of unhinged
Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Now the guy is going full unhinged, and no one can blame him.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Nov. 2024
Sometimes, in its quest to frame both ends of the political spectrum as unhinged, the show verges on cartoonish.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 28 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
The latest season is possibly the most unhinged yet, and given season two featured one of the housewives getting arrested by the FBI for wire fraud on camera, that’s truly saying something.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Now the guy is going full unhinged, and no one can blame him.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
New Yorkers have had enough with a dangerous and endless loop whereby obviously unstable people cycle through the courts, jails and hospitals, then wind up untreated and unhinged back on the streets and subways.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Nov. 2024
Sometimes, in its quest to frame both ends of the political spectrum as unhinged, the show verges on cartoonish.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 28 Nov. 2024
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
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Every night the lamb would cry, and be told to hush, for its bleats disturbed their sleep.Karen Zautyk, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
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The slabs of flesh were expensive, and the thought of handling them disturbed me.Lola Méndez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
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The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.John Bleasdale, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
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The bus once blew right past me because I was distracted by my phone and standing back from the curb.Liz Schubauer, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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Basically—your brain gets totally distracted by a pop of red, ignoring wider details on your face like spots or texture.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2024
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Your voice is insane.Mary Colurso | mcolurso@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2023
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But obviously winning the grand jury prize was insane.Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
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The technology behind an LLM is sufficiently advanced because the people using it have not bothered to understand it.Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
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In fact, if you can’t be bothered even to reach for the remote to select this new button, the latest firmware update will also automatically start playing the next episode after a countdown.John Archer, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Nicole has got this mad playfulness as a performer.Marley Marius, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
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The first-year director of sports performance is a culture-setting strength coach, mad sports scientist and vocal advocate for her athletes.Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Regardless of the reason, Kassandra isn’t worried about memorized answers from our interview preparation.Rob Gagnon, Hartford Courant, 23 Dec. 2024
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Andrea sometimes worried that the shiniest parts of her personality were actually coping mechanisms.Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Unhinged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhinged. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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