Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unhinge
Participle: unhinged
Gerund: unhinging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | unhinge |
| you | unhinge |
| he;she;it | unhinges |
| we | unhinge |
| you | unhinge |
| they | unhinge |
Perfect
| I | have unhinged |
| you | have unhinged |
| he;she;it | has unhinged |
| we | have unhinged |
| you | have unhinged |
| they | have unhinged |
Past
| I | unhinged |
| you | unhinged |
| he;she;it | unhinged |
| we | unhinged |
| you | unhinged |
| they | unhinged |
Pluperfect
| I | had unhinged |
| you | had unhinged |
| he;she;it | had unhinged |
| we | had unhinged |
| you | had unhinged |
| they | had unhinged |
Future
| I | will unhinge |
| you | will unhinge |
| he;she;it | will unhinge |
| we | will unhinge |
| you | will unhinge |
| they | will unhinge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unhinged |
| you | will have unhinged |
| he;she;it | will have unhinged |
| we | will have unhinged |
| you | will have unhinged |
| they | will have unhinged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unhinge |
| you | unhinge |
| he;she;it | unhinge |
| we | unhinge |
| you | unhinge |
| they | unhinge |
Perfect
| I | have unhinged |
| you | have unhinged |
| he;she;it | have unhinged |
| we | have unhinged |
| you | have unhinged |
| they | have unhinged |
Imperfect
| I | unhinged |
| you | unhinged |
| he;she;it | unhinged |
| we | unhinged |
| you | unhinged |
| they | unhinged |
Pluperfect
| I | had unhinged |
| you | had unhinged |
| he;she;it | had unhinged |
| we | had unhinged |
| you | had unhinged |
| they | had unhinged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unhinge |
| you | would unhinge |
| he;she;it | would unhinge |
| we | would unhinge |
| you | would unhinge |
| they | would unhinge |
Perfect
| I | would have unhinged |
| you | would have unhinged |
| he;she;it | would have unhinged |
| we | would have unhinged |
| you | would have unhinged |
| they | would have unhinged |
Imperative
| you | unhinge |
| we | Let's unhinge |
| you | unhinge |
Verbs conjugated like 'unhinge'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unhinge'
hinge,
rehinge,
unchange,
unhang,
unhide,
unhire,
unhive,
unking,
unline,
unmingle,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. used earlier in the mental sense of "to disorder" the mind, etc. (1612) than in the literal one of "to take (a door, etc.) off its hinges" (1616); from un- (2) + a verb derivative of hinge.
2. From un- + hinge.
Sample Sentences
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Operation Rescue eventually unhinged the locked gate, but were still unable to leave the parking lot due to the demonstrators' blocking the driveway. [1988 December 4, Vivien Sharples, “Seattle Anti-Abortionists Thwarted”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 3:]
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Many snakes can unhinge their jaw joints to swallow large prey.
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sith the Soul of Samuel might indeed have terrified the poor Woman, and so unhinging her, that she had been fit for nothing after it, but not converted her, it is no wonder if he passed her by [1681, Joseph Glanvill, Saducismus Triumphatus: or, Full and Plain Evidence Concerning Witches and Apparitions:]
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Taizong's failure fooled no one. Indeed, one of Taizong's own sons may well have been unhinged by his father's obvious fratricidal and nepoticidal actions. These personal considerations directly affected Taizong's policy decisions, and thus warrant some discussion. [2008, Peter Lorge, “The Great Ditch of China and the Song-Liao Border”, in Don J. Wyatt, editor, Battlefronts Real and Imagined: War, Border, and Identity in the Chinese Middle Period, New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, pages 59–74 at 67:]