unbalance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
a hormonal imbalance
Types & categories
- disequilibrium hypernym
Related & opposite
- balance antonym
Sense 2 verb
throw out of balance or equilibrium
The tax relief unbalanced the budget
Related & opposite
- balance antonym
Sense 3 noun
a state of mental disturbance and disorientation
Types & categories
- insanity hypernym
Related & opposite
- derange derivation
Sense 4 verb
derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane
The death of his parents unbalanced him
Types & categories
- craze hypernym
Related & opposite
- derangement derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | balance |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disequilibrium |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | balance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | derange |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | insanity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | derangement |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | craze |