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de·ment·ed
 demented
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- pronunciation:
- dih
men
tihd
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
mentally disturbed; mad; insane.
When he realized he had no idea how he'd gotten into the woods, he feared he was becoming demented.- synonyms:
- crazy, deranged, disturbed, mad
- antonyms:
- lucid, sane
- similar words:
- batty, cuckoo, insane, lunatic, maniacal, mental
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| definition 2: |
suffering from dementia.
She is trying to help demented patients improve their memory function. |
| related words: |
delirious, unbalanced, unsound, unstable |
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| derivations: |
dementedly (adv.), dementedness (n.) |
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