unglued

Examples

• All

• You can't hide from love for the rest of your life... because maybe it won't work out... maybe you'll become unglued.

  Something's Gotta Give (2003)

• I'm counting on you to help keep me from coming unglued.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Now it's all coming unglued, and so is he.

  Blog text (15)

• One little mistake and the whole world becomes unglued.

  Nuclear Hurricane (2007)

• I always had to be the calm one if she was hurt, but she came unglued.

  Blog text (28)

• Eventually, she really came unglued.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Are the pressures of everyday life making you come unglued?

  My Uncle John Is a Zombie! (2017)

• And I do have regrets about the many, many times I came unglued.

  Blog text (29)

• They're coming unglued and melting down; this ought to be fun to watch, but let's be careful too.

  Blog text (20)

• Every time he appears to have matured as a pitcher, he inexplicably becomes unglued out of nowhere.

  Blog text (13)

Synonyms

D

distraught

vsunglued

86 7.2

Being very upset and worried so you cannot think clearly

is mainly about losing calmness rather than deep emotional agitation

U

uptight

vsunglued

• Informal

77 5.0

Nervous and tense so you cannot relax

is a stronger state of extreme upset and inability to stay calm

U

unstrung

vsunglued

1 7.6

Very nervous and unable to think clearly after a shock or stress

is more about losing outward calm in stressful situations

Antonyms

C

calm

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

C

collected

3.9

Calm and in control during a difficult situation

How Upset

distraught

86 7.2

unglued

• Informal

7 6.1

agitated

49 4.1

upset

∞ 1.0

uneasy

98 3.2

calm

735 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology