unhinge : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: unhinge	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for unhinge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unhinge v 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" Synonym(s): perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder remove the hinges from; "unhinge the door"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Unhinge \Unhinge"\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hinge.] 1. To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge* a door. 2. To displace; to unfix by violence. --Blackmore. 3. To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves. Why should I then unhinge my brains, ruin my mind? --South. His sufferings, nay the revolutions of his fate, had not in the least unhinged his mind. --Walpole.