unhinges
Knocks mentally loose
Unhinges means to remove from hinges, as with a door, but the figurative sense dominates: to destabilize someone mentally or emotionally.
News that unhinges you throws you off balance, disrupts your composure.
The constant criticism slowly unhinged her.
Something unhinged has come loose from its moorings—a door, a jaw, or a mind.
Hinged room barrier
- gateHinged barrier in fence
- lidRemovable container cover
- shutterHinged window covering
- panelDistinct flat section
flap · hatch · jawbone · mandible · pivot · swing · remove · disconnect
Disturb mental order
- unbalanceDisturb stability or composure
- crazeShort-lived popular obsession
- maddenProvoke to fury
- disturbInterrupt or trouble
destabilize · unsettle · disorient · confuse · bewilder · fluster · rattle · distress
To release from restraint
- unbridleRelease from restraint
- uncageRelease from confinement
- unfetterRemove restraints from
- unshackleRemove bonds from
unloose · free · liberate · let loose · unlock · open · untether · discharge
Cause unease or anxiety
- disturbInterrupt or trouble
- unbalanceDisturb stability or composure
- destabilizeMake unsteady or insecure
- disruptInterrupt and disorder
shake · rattle · unnerve · agitate · perturb · disconcert · discompose · upset
door
Hinged room barrier
panel · flap · hatch · jawbone · mandible · pivot · swing · remove · disconnect · unfasten
derange
Disturb mental order
disturb · destabilize · unsettle · disorient · confuse · bewilder · fluster · rattle · distress · overwhelm
unleash
To release from restraint
unshackle · unloose · free · liberate · let loose · unlock · open · untether · discharge · release
unsettle
Cause unease or anxiety
- disturbInterrupt or trouble
- unbalanceDisturb stability or composure
- destabilizeMake unsteady or insecure
disrupt · shake · rattle · unnerve · agitate · perturb · disconcert · discompose · upset · disorder
- come unhingedLose mental stability