unhinge Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
verb remove the hinges from
- unhinge the door

1 st pref. un- + hinge.

To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.
To displace; to unfix by violence. Blackmore.
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.