demented
adjective
crazy; insane; mad.
half-demented
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a word derived from
demented.
Example Sentences
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Sometimes, you might be swept up in Mikey’s brazen, half-demented self-confidence.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
Shaffer’s “Amadeus” adopts the same dynamic, although there the elderly, half-demented Salieri merely believes that he has killed Mozart—a self-accusatory metaphor for his poisonous intent.
From The New Yorker ● May 27, 2019
That’s not Gore Vidal; that’s a sick, half-demented old man.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2015
Baughman and Durkee show off serious vocal skills, and through all the insanity Palka keeps the perfect expression on her face-- half-hopeful, half-demented.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2010
Indeed, Rasputin treated the poor half-demented Empress with such scant courtesy that I often stood aghast.
From The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia by William Le Queux
