Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913 Unhinge /ən-hĭnj'/ · Un·hinge · IPA /ʌnˈhɪnd͡ʒ/ 01 v. t. To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door. 1. To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door. 2. To displace; to unfix by violence. 3. To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves. “Why should I then unhinge my brains, ruin my mind?” — South. “His sufferings, nay the revolutions of his fate, had not in the least unhinged his mind.” — Walpole.