Meaning & use

unhinged

adjective·Everyday

Mentally unstable or behaving in a wild, irrational, and uncontrolled way.

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He seemed completely unhinged, shouting at strangers on the empty street.

The scandal left the once-calm executive looking increasingly unhinged in public.

A note on using this word

Unhinged is informal and often used loosely for extreme anger or instability rather than a clinical diagnosis.

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