Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Loosened or separated; unfastened.
- adj. Informal In confused distress; upset.
- idiom. come unglued Informal To lose one's composure.
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Examples
“Kurt should have prayed for peace and understanding in re his partner Anna Trabunskaya, who is starting to come unglued from the strain of having to deal with Kurt every week.”
The Washington Post: Rick Fox sent packing on 'Dancing With the Stars' results night
“And then, when I put the coffee beans into the blender to grind them, because by GOD I really needed the coffee now, that worked find, but when I took the blender apart to clean it after, the rubber o-ring came unglued from the bottom of the glass bit.”
And I know I do this every year, but it's the sort of thing that it never hurts to do again.
“Coming unglued from the timeline of one’s life is a random experience outside of one’s control.”
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“Several noted a statement by the lead FBI agent in the case, who wrote in a report that Allen would become "unglued" by the prospect of exposure.”
“They are focused solely on keeping their diminishing base together, knowing that if Bush loses much more support their little cabal will come completely unglued, meaning long prison sentences for the lot of them.”
“In my opinion, the Fed has already become "unglued".”
“Asked if his girlfriend ever became "unglued," because of the children, he said he wouldn't use that word.”
“There's video of her telling a story of Dawkins getting "unglued" as she testifies about how God created everything and how Jesus let us know about him …”
“unglued" if Scully interfered with their relationship.”
“Like I've said before, my kids come unglued when there's stickers involved, and I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with the fumes from the glue!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘unglued’.
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Bonkers
List for old and new terms and phrases meaning crazy, nuts, batty, prone to extreme nervousness, etc.
bonkers, crazy, nuts, batty, batchy, bats in the belfry, scatty, crackers, windy, gone crackers, cracked, dingo and 92 more...
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Mad as a March hare
Words to describe the mad, the insane, the... well, me.
unhinged, unglued, mental, fruitcake, lunatic, nutter, potty, dippy, kooky, batty, daft, cuckoo and 20 more...
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loonie
Inspired by Peter Reading's "Euphemisms".
crackers, potty, loony, bonkers, nutty, screwy, ga-ga, dull, strange, do-lally, dopey, silly and 83 more...
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brouhaha
apoplexy, brouhaha, flapdoodle, kerfuffle, fuss, tizzy, clamor, furor, hubbub, uproar, fit, state and 38 more...
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Words that are also excellent band na...
I'm not going to say I'm the worst guitarist in the world; I'm probably only the 3rd or 4th worst. But I'm great at naming bands. It's kind of a bummer -- I have this hidden talent for band naming,...
kung fu, cherry bomb, ped, frowned upon, huarache, tutu, sauselito, phantom power, magnetic north, arugula, ectomorph, scone and 13 more...
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