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Definition of demented:
Synonyms:
sickish, distressed, unbalanced, brainsick, grim, worried, gaga, bananas, huffy, moonstruck, disordered, cuckoo, sane, harebrained, mad, sore, maladjusted, wan, of unsound mind, disturbed, gruesome, bemused, fruity, wrong, nuts, mentally ill, grisly, wild, excited, insane, screwball, disgusted, macabre, upset, bonkers, crazy, mad as a hatter, nauseated, stark raving mad, distraught, dotty, cracked, nutty as a fruitcake, buggy, loco, crackers, wacky, non compos mentis, ill, disquieted, daft, off, unrestrained, sick of, sick in the head, loony, crazy as a loon, half-baked, ghastly, unhinged, queasy, touched, fed up, softheaded, tired of, screwy, not all there, frantic, imbalanced, distracted, pallid, pale, maniac, sick, nauseous, unsound, around the bend, daffy.
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insane (part of speech: adjective)
- deranged,
- maniacal,
- kooky,
- frenzied,
- babbling,
- lunatic,
- insane,
- feverish,
- crack-brained,
- brain-sick,
- psychotic,
- nutty,
- mad,
- unbalanced,
- berserk,
- crazy,
- hysterical,
- delirious,
- neurotic,
- schizoid,
- psycho,
- blithering,
- batty,
- irrational
Usage examples:
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During the remainder of the ride back to their camp, which was reached late at night, the ardent- natured Hilland was almost demented.
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He had the appearance of a man half demented by a passion which could find no outlet.
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When I tried to urge my own idea upon her and describe how I thought he might have obtained access to the bungalow and carried her off, while still asleep, to some vehicle awaiting them in Mrs. Carew's grounds, she only rebuked me for my folly and bade me keep still about the whole occurrence, saying that I should only be getting some poor half- demented old wretch into trouble for something for which he was not in the least responsible.
