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Demented

//dɪˈmɛntɪd// adj, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Insane; mentally ill.

    "So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here."

  2. 2
    Having dementia.
  3. 3
    Crazy; ridiculous. informal

    "a demented idea"

Adjective
  1. 1
    affected with madness or insanity wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of dement form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

Past participle of dement + -ed, from Latin dēmentāre.

Etymology 2

Past participle of dement + -ed, from Latin dēmentāre.

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