unhinging

verb

Definition of unhingingnext
present participle of unhinge
1
as in disturbing
to cause to go insane or as if insane the endless harassment by the guards completely unhinged the prisoners of war

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2
as in alarming
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy I was momentarily unhinged by the unexpected question

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  1. distracting
  2. bothering
  3. worrying
  4. angering
  5. haunting
Verb
  • This also avoids a brightness instability problem that can afflict the TV’s Standard mode, where the image suffers distracting brightness ‘jumps’ or ‘drops’ when an HDR image cuts abruptly between bright and dark shots.
    John Archer, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The boy’s life is organized around distracting himself, especially since his mother (Jodie Whittaker) works long days and nights as a nurse.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of distracting
Verb
  • Is the trend of sales taking a route that is bothering you?
    Hitendra Patil, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • In many cases, states have stopped bothering to make legal justifications at all, the Human Rights Committee report warned.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of bothering
Verb
  • The hilarity of people worrying about toy safety/propriety is timeless.
    Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Of course, the relationship could be less about the oil price itself and more about investors worrying over the burgeoning conflict between Iran and Israel.
    Jesse Pound, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of worrying
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  • This is exemplified by the ways in which people were tying themselves in knots to appropriately grieve Payne’s death without angering anyone critical of his alleged behavior.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The new plan would do away with two of those lanes, angering some motorists and bus operators.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of angering
Verb
  • Its haunting atmosphere and audio design will leave you constantly on edge, and levels are masterfully crafted to feel claustrophobic and trapped.
    George Yang, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
  • There’s another curse, but this time around the curse is more specifically a family curse that has been haunting Alice’s family for generations, and that feels a little odd to me.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of haunting
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