unhinge

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"
    

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