unhinged
adjective
un·hinged
ˌən-ˈhinjd 
: highly disturbed, unstable, or distraught
attacked by an unhinged extremist
Somewhere along the way, her pursuit of a hot guy turned into unhinged obsession.—
Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan"Is this a new brand of humour? Or is your brain really unhinged?" inquired Tommy.—Agatha Christie
see also unhinge
Agatha ChristieExamples of unhinged in a Sentence
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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And in fairness, Cherry does a few objectively unhinged things.
—Judy Berman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The phrase about tiger blood and never losing stuck with him during the interview, and the unhinged moment went viral.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
The night before a professional football player’s annual scouting Combine, he is attacked by an unhinged fan and suffers a potentially career-ending brain trauma.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Both extremes—the unhinged and the unbothered—get it wrong.
—Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The phrase about tiger blood and never losing stuck with him during the interview, and the unhinged moment went viral.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
The night before a professional football player’s annual scouting Combine, he is attacked by an unhinged fan and suffers a potentially career-ending brain trauma.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Both extremes—the unhinged and the unbothered—get it wrong.
—Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unhinged
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“Unhinged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhinged. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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