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unglued

un·glued
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uhn-glood]
    • /ʌnˈglud/
    • /ʌnˈɡluːd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhn-glood]
    • /ʌnˈglud/

Definitions of unglued word

  • adjective unglued separated or detached; not glued. 1
  • idioms unglued come unglued, Slang. to become upset, disorganized, or confused; lose emotional control: to come unglued in an emergency. to disintegrate or collapse; fall apart; break down: The negotiators tried to keep the fragile peace agreement from coming unglued. 1
  • verb with object unglued to separate or detach by or as if by overcoming an adhesive agent: to unglue a sticker from a wall. 1
  • verb with object unglued Slang. to confuse or upset: He was unglued by his opponent's superb defense. to cause to fail or lose effectiveness. 1
  • adjective unglued not fixed by glue 0
  • verb unglued simple past tense and past participle of unglue. 0
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Origin of unglued

First appearance:

before 1685
One of the 48% oldest English words
1685-95; (def 1) un-1 + glued; (def 2) unglue + -ed2

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Parts of speech for Unglued

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Unglued

unglued popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for unglued

adj unglued

  • addled — If you describe someone as addled, you mean that they are confused or unable to think properly.
  • addlepated — addlebrained.
  • amok — a state of murderous frenzy, originally observed among Malays
  • anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
  • at a loss — If a business produces something at a loss, they sell it at a price which is less than it cost them to produce it or buy it.

adjective unglued

  • ape — Apes are chimpanzees, gorillas, and other animals in the same family.
  • aper — a person who apes, a mimic
  • awed — wondering and respectful
  • clutched — to hatch (chickens).
  • dazzled — to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light: He was dazzled by the sudden sunlight.
All 59 Synonyms of unglued

Antonyms for unglued

adjective unglued

  • dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
  • fastened — to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
  • gladdened — Simple past tense and past participle of gladden.
  • hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
  • oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
All 6 Antonyms of unglued

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