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Meanings of unbalance in English

Portuguese
desequilíbrio
Catalan
inestabilitat
Spanish
inestabilidad

A lack of balance or state of disequilibrium.

desequilíbrio
Portuguese
desarranjo
Catalan
trastorn mental
Spanish
trastorno

A state of mental disturbance and disorientation.

desarranjo
Synonyms
Examples for "derangement"
Examples for "derangement"
1
It just doesn't happen without serious derangement-orsome kind of magical compulsion.
Spells
2
Rational discourse is not possible in an atmosphere of such mob derangement.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
3
Eisenstein uses garish color and flamboyant action to show Ivan's increasing derangement.
The new yorker
4
This is a clear case of a disciplinarian suffering from temporary derangement.
The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions; Or, Joints In Ou...
5
The derangement of my system arises entirely from this business of Octave's.
Caught in the Net
1
Greek writers speak of cases of mental unsoundness as occurring with some frequency in Greece.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
2
The inhabitants of the Roman Empire were afflicted with mental unsoundness and Nero was considered crazy.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
3
It's a wonder you didn't think of upsetting his will on the ground of mental unsoundness.
Lady Larkspur
4
Some phase of mental unsoundness is produced by any of the drugs which affect the nerves, whether stimulants or narcotics.
The Call of the Twentieth Century, an Address to Young Men
5
If this sort of mental unsoundness did not justify subjects in withdrawing their obedience from princes, the plan of a Regency was evidently indefensible.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
Portuguese
desarranjar

Derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane.

desarranjar
Usage of unbalance in English
1
Will the fish devour our tiny invertebrates and thus unbalance our ecosystem?
Wired
2
The rocks were slippery underfoot, and the current threatened to unbalance her.
The Valley of Horses
3
Or, finally, might our awful situation prey upon and unbalance our minds?
The Poison Belt
4
I still think Travers let her love of esoteric philosophy unbalance her book.
The Guardian
5
Herein lies the unbalance, the great biological menace to the future of civilization.
The Pivot of Civilization
6
She dares not unbalance it for fear of changing the outcome.
Changes
7
Even taking a book down from the shelf might unbalance the whole night.
Touching darkness
8
Alex managed to unbalance Robin, twisting violently and slipping out from under him.
Discord's apple
9
Quite enough to unbalance any man of ordinary nerves and temperament.
The Black Box
10
Just how was this unbalance in the campaign a support for the democratic process?
The Irish Times
11
Divided, we are not only weak, but we also unbalance the geopolitical power game.
A journey: my political life
12
Experimental situations designed to unbalance these forces produce rhythm disturbances resembling those encountered clinically.
Pubmed
13
He and Alyosha were always close, although not enough to unbalance our pod's brother-bond.
Future Lovecraft
14
And so there is a terrible unbalance, and the tower falls upon men's heads.
The Other Girls
15
Gently, so as not to unbalance the boat, he unwound the stiff straw wrappings.
Shinjū
16
They had imprisoned the king because he had given many evidences of mental unbalance.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
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Unbalance through the time