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   De·ment·ed

   /dəˈmen(t)əd/

   

   adjective

   • 1. behaving wildly and irrationally on account of anger, distress, or excitement: British "a demented, dangerous, and sadistic Mafioso"
   • 2. affected with dementia.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: past participle of earlier dement ‘drive mad’, from Old French dementer or late Latin dementare, from demens ‘out of one's mind’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dementedly adverb
   • 2. dementedness noun

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   Demented means mad, insane or affected by cognitive dementia. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history and etymology of demented from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   What is a demented person?

   • 1. Suffering from dementia. 2. Informal Crazy or foolish. de·ment′ed·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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   What is demented adjective?

   • (old-fashioned or medical) having dementia Topics Health problems c2 Definition of demented adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What is the opposite of demented?

   • Antonyms for demented. balanced, compos mentis, sane, sound, uncrazy. See the Dictionary Definition. Keep scrolling for more. Keep scrolling for more.

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   What is the root word of dementia?

   • from past participle of dement "to deprive of reason, drive mad," borrowed from Medieval Latin dēmentāre, going back to Late Latin, "to deceive, hoodwink," verbal derivative of Latin dēment-, dēmens "out of one's mind, frenzied, insane" — more at dementia 1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1 “Demented.”

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   Demented means unable to think or act clearly because of extreme emotion, or old-fashioned or informal for crazy. Learn how to use this adjective with synonyms, related words, and translations.

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   Demented means having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind, similar to psychotic. Find 134 synonyms and antonyms of demented, as well as related words and examples, on Merriam-Webster Thesaurus.

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   demented: 1 adj affected with madness or insanity Synonyms: brainsick , crazy , disturbed , mad , sick , unbalanced , unhinged insane afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement

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   Demented means behaving in a crazy way because you are extremely upset or worried, or having dementia. Learn how to pronounce, spell and use this word with examples and synonyms.

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    Demented means suffering from dementia or crazy or foolish. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of this word in different languages and dictionaries.