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Distraught vs Unhinged - What's the difference?

distraught | unhinged |

As adjectives the difference between distraught and unhinged

is that distraught is deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed while unhinged is not furnished with a hinge.

As a verb unhinged is

(unhinge).

distraught

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.
    • His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.

    Derived terms

    * distraughtly * distraughtness

    Synonyms

    * distressed * pained

    unhinged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (unhinge)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not furnished with a hinge.
    • an unhinged door
  • (philately, of a stamp) Not having ever been mounted using a stamp hinge.
  • (usually, humorous) Mentally ill.

    • See also

    * MUH * MNH