释义 |
[ uhn-glood ] / ʌnˈglud / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unglued ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveseparated or detached; not glued. Idioms for ungluedcome 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.
Origin of ungluedFirst recorded in 1685–95; (def. 1) un-1 + glued; (def. 2) unglue + -ed2 Words nearby ungluedungenerous, ungird, ungirt, unglamorous, unglue, unglued, ungodly, ungotten, ungovernable, ungraceful, ungracious Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ungluedSomewhere in the damp, without doubt; that instrument will be unglued and spoilt in ten minutes—ten! Under the Greenwood Tree|Thomas Hardy But we are glad that the carpenter did not leave the legs of it unglued for a joke. A Chesterton Calendar|G. K. Chesterton Using the outspread fingers of each hand, begin with the unglued edge and roll the paper around the wood. The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various Baston, unglued from the wall, spoke up with his usual pompous eagerness. Tharon of Lost Valley|Vingie E. Roe
Idioms and Phrases with unglued
see under come apart at the seams. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to ungluedbewildered, perplexed, doubtful, baffled, rattled, mystified, clueless, uneasy, stiff, tight, labored, tense, constrained, unhinged, irrational, unsound, unstable, deranged, erratic, stunned |