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demented
[ dih-men-tid ]
adjective
- crazy; insane; mad.
Synonyms: unbalanced, deranged, crazed, lunatic
- affected with dementia.
demented
/ dɪˈmɛntɪd /
adjective
- mad; insane
Derived Forms
- deˈmentedly, adverb
- deˈmentedness, noun
Other Words From
- de·mented·ly adverb
- de·mented·ness noun
- half-de·mented adjective
- semi·de·mented adjective
Example Sentences
Squealing and growling with malevolent delight, Dano’s villain is a hybrid creation with his own distinctive lunacy, and he proves a worthy rival to Pattinson’s demented Dark Knight.
At 27 feet tall and built of polyurethane coated with supposedly graffiti-proof paint, it appeared to have been crafted by a cross between a demented adolescent, a lover of brutalist Hitlerian “art,” and an unhinged cartoonist on a bad LSD trip.
A brain scan showed such deterioration that the neuroradiologist said it looked like the MRI of a demented 85-year-old.
Perhaps those numbers are overstated, but that’s still a lot of people willing to publicly express confidence in one of the more demented ideas that’s ever emerged.
Did playing such a demented character like Dexter for so long mess with your head?
It was unpleasant and discombobulating: a simulation of hostage-taking, mental asylum and demented dreamscape all rolled into one.
I warmed to him immediately—it was impossible not to—unless you are a demented ideologue who has lost normal human reactions.
The simple answer, as the demented circus of Twitter and the Internet demonstrate every day, is: durr, no.
She is the mother from hell; a demented cross between Cersei and Tywin Lannister.
She paused when she was beside the bed, and stood looking down upon him in that demented fashion.
She made no reply, trembled, put her hair and her clothes straight again with the fingers of a woman demented.
The demented girl seemed not to hear, she did not even raise her eyes, and continued swaying to and fro and to laugh.
Ah, I see you think I am demented because I say that, but my husband is alive.
Letter has just come, and I am demented about my new godchild!
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