Question of the Day #1194

The unhinged crusade to find Israel guilty of genocide

From the headline of this article at Spiked.

  上記の文で、unhingedの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "unhinged" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〔精神的に〕不安定な、気の動転した、動揺した、錯乱した

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

highly disturbed, unstable, or distraught

 

Examples

1. Somewhere along the way, her pursuit of a hot guy turned into unhinged obsession. — Cosmopolitan
2. Maybe that’s why unhinged guests took the spotlight this week. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2021
3. I sometimes think that your mother is a little unhinged.
4. The others were upset, of course, but he was completely unhinged.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. Scraps of red food dot his dark beard, and his eyes are wild and unhinged.
It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

   

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