out of joint
Displaced from socket
Out of joint describes something dislocated or displaced from its proper position.
A shoulder or hip can be out of joint literally.
Figuratively, something out of joint is disordered or not functioning properly: The times are out of joint.
A person who feels out of joint is unsettled or ill at ease with their circumstances.
- dislocatedShifted from normal position
- disorderedLacking systematic arrangement
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
- off the railsBehaving erratically or chaotically
misaligned · estranged · disrupted · sprained · disconnected · dissatisfied · outcast · unsettled · unbalanced · displaced · incongruous · unmoored · disoriented · fractured · twisted · broken · skewed · torn
out of jointin place
Correctly positioned
aligned · set · articulated · connected · in position
out of jointin order
Arranged as intended
in working order · right · in harmony · well-oiled · harmonious
out, joint, outs, outing, outed, outer, outermost, outward, outwardly