Definition of demented in English:

demented

adjective dɪˈmɛntɪddəˈmɛn(t)əd

1Suffering from dementia.
痴呆的
Example sentencesExamples
- Caretakers and physicians often project sensations of hunger and thirst onto severely demented patients with poor oral intake.
- Whenever demented patients travel, it is safe to assume their confusion will worsen for the duration of the trip.
- High level of disability is associated with major depression, in both demented and nondemented people.
- But, it could be a problem with older, demented patients, or those who are unconscious.
- Health care professionals commonly rely on feeding tubes to supply nutrition to these severely demented patients.
- The diagnosis of an independent depressive disorder becomes difficult in the demented patient.
- On the flip side, cognition has improved in demented or impaired people given nutritional support.
- Polonius insisted that Hamlet had become demented, and cautioned Ophelia to keep her distance.
- At this point you may be asking, why it is important to train a workforce that will be experts in taking care of demented residents.
- Others might view such people as demented or delusional or megalomaniacal.
- Less severely demented patients and black and Hispanic patients were more likely to stay in the home.
- Until a week ago, he was demented, rigid, incontinent, unable to talk, swallow or blink his eyes.
Synonyms
unbalanced, of unsound mind, mentally ill, deranged, crazed, distracted, troubled, disturbed, unhinged, insane, mad, mad as a hatter, mad as a march hare, raving mad, lunatic, out of one's head, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, neurotic, psychotic
1. 1.1British informal Behaving irrationally due to anger, distress, or excitement.
  〈非正式〉疯狂的，狂怒的，行为失常的
  she was demented with worry
  Example sentencesExamples
  Reaction to the wreck showed an almost demented optimism about the venture.
  As Earth orbits the sun, the tubes are lashing through space like water from a demented lawn sprinkler.
  Finally, at the age of 33, the demented fury that drove him on has subsided and other priorities have kicked in.
  As if drunk, or stoned or demented, I jumble everything up, use wrong words or leave gaps in sentences that trail off to nowhere.
  Louisa stopped navigating the steps to stare at me while I bounced all around the living room like a demented idiot.
  She flailed her limbs and screamed, looking like a poor demented bird.
  If he lived to 200, he would never understand females, and the demented way their brains worked.
  To my possibly demented mind there did seem to be something unique, even comical about the framing of the issues.
  They hold a twisted allure to the more demented members of any society.
  I probably looked more than a little demented, come to think of it.
  Not to let one musical style last for long, he soon ditched the guitar, grabbed the mic and started back in with some demented rapping.
  To me, it seemed like demented torture, and not very flattering.
  Then the speakers seem to come alive with demented directional droning.
  I looked down and saw that he was eating some demented form of French fries with ketchup squirted all over them.
  They fell in the gaily lit hall with a flutter like demented birds attempting flight.
  It sounds like an orchestra of demented bassoonists playing at full tilt.
  Conversations may be in whispers or, often, in demented shouting contests.
  Deep set eyes and a long face made him look like a demented scientist.
  Synonyms
  mad, insane, deranged, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, crazed, lunatic, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, distracted, as mad as a hatter, as mad as a March hare, stark mad
  Latin non compos mentis
  British sectionable
  informal crazy, mental, off one's head, out of one's head, off one's nut, nutty, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's rocker, not (quite) right in the head, round the bend, raving mad, stark staring/raving mad, bats, batty, bonkers, cuckoo, loopy, loony, bananas, loco, dippy, screwy, with a screw loose, touched, gaga, doolally, up the pole, not all there, out to lunch, off the wall, not right upstairs, away with the fairies
  British informal barmy, crackers, barking, barking mad, round the twist, off one's trolley, as daft as a brush, not the full shilling, one sandwich short of a picnic
  North American informal buggy, nutsy, nutso, out of one's tree, meshuga, squirrelly, wacko, gonzo
  Canadian &amp Australian/New Zealand informal bushed
  New Zealand informal porangi

Derivatives

dementedly

adverbdɪˈmɛntɪdlidəˈmɛn(t)ədli

I figured this was his dementedly cryptic way of letting me know he was there to settle my gambling debt.
Example sentencesExamples
- I started to laugh quietly, resentfully, dementedly.
- His face was dementedly squeezed; sweat was running down while his eyebrows were those of a devil.
- His mother and favourite sister had died of tuberculosis in 1868 and 1877 respectively, and his father - driven close to insanity with grief - became almost dementedly pious.
- Some way into the forest Kira stopped abruptly, pressed her nose to the earth and began to dig dementedly.

dementedness

noun

And in some defense of my dementedness I did draw on combination of art found here and there.
Example sentencesExamples
- No one returns from dementedness to tell us what it is - or is not.
- But, when we do feel a slight bit dazed, it seems as though this dementedness is part of the film's charm.
- I feel the need to comment on the dementedness of the human species every once in a while.
- Your name will become synonymous with sheer dementedness, as lesser men whisper your name in terror.

Origin

Mid 17th century: past participle of earlier dement 'drive mad', from Old French dementer or late Latin dementare, from demens 'out of one's mind'.

mind from Old English:
English mind shares its ancient root with Latin mens ‘mind’, from which demented (mid 17th century), mental (Late Middle English), and mention derive. The mind can do many wonderful things, including ‘boggling’. The phrase the mind boggles, meaning that someone becomes astonished or overwhelmed at the thought of something, is first recorded in the 1890s. Boggle itself is probably a dialect word related to bogle ‘a phantom or goblin’ and bogey ‘an evil or mischievous spirit’. Someone may have warned you to mind your Ps and Qs, ‘be careful to behave well and avoid giving offence’. The expression has been known since the 1770s, but its exact origins are uncertain. One obvious suggestion is that it comes from a child's early days of learning to read and write, when they might find it difficult to distinguish between the two tailed letters p and q. Another idea suggests that printers had to be very careful to avoid confusing the two letters when setting metal type. Mind how you go!, meaning ‘be careful, look after yourself’, has been common in Britain since the 1940s. It was popularized by the long-running BBC TV series Dixon of Dock Green (1955–76), in which it was a catchphrase of the avuncular PC George Dixon, along with evening all.

Definition of demented in US English:

demented

adjectivedəˈmɛn(t)əddəˈmen(t)əd

1Suffering from dementia.
痴呆的
Example sentencesExamples
- Whenever demented patients travel, it is safe to assume their confusion will worsen for the duration of the trip.
- At this point you may be asking, why it is important to train a workforce that will be experts in taking care of demented residents.
- Others might view such people as demented or delusional or megalomaniacal.
- But, it could be a problem with older, demented patients, or those who are unconscious.
- The diagnosis of an independent depressive disorder becomes difficult in the demented patient.
- On the flip side, cognition has improved in demented or impaired people given nutritional support.
- Polonius insisted that Hamlet had become demented, and cautioned Ophelia to keep her distance.
- Caretakers and physicians often project sensations of hunger and thirst onto severely demented patients with poor oral intake.
- Less severely demented patients and black and Hispanic patients were more likely to stay in the home.
- High level of disability is associated with major depression, in both demented and nondemented people.
- Until a week ago, he was demented, rigid, incontinent, unable to talk, swallow or blink his eyes.
- Health care professionals commonly rely on feeding tubes to supply nutrition to these severely demented patients.
Synonyms
unbalanced, of unsound mind, mentally ill, deranged, crazed, distracted, troubled, disturbed, unhinged, insane, mad, mad as a hatter, mad as a march hare, raving mad, lunatic, out of one's head, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, neurotic, psychotic
1. 1.1British informal Driven to behave irrationally due to anger, distress, or excitement.
  〈非正式〉疯狂的，狂怒的，行为失常的
  a demented, dangerous, and sadistic Mafioso
  Example sentencesExamples
  To me, it seemed like demented torture, and not very flattering.
  It sounds like an orchestra of demented bassoonists playing at full tilt.
  They fell in the gaily lit hall with a flutter like demented birds attempting flight.
  They hold a twisted allure to the more demented members of any society.
  I probably looked more than a little demented, come to think of it.
  As if drunk, or stoned or demented, I jumble everything up, use wrong words or leave gaps in sentences that trail off to nowhere.
  She flailed her limbs and screamed, looking like a poor demented bird.
  If he lived to 200, he would never understand females, and the demented way their brains worked.
  Then the speakers seem to come alive with demented directional droning.
  Finally, at the age of 33, the demented fury that drove him on has subsided and other priorities have kicked in.
  Reaction to the wreck showed an almost demented optimism about the venture.
  Conversations may be in whispers or, often, in demented shouting contests.
  Deep set eyes and a long face made him look like a demented scientist.
  To my possibly demented mind there did seem to be something unique, even comical about the framing of the issues.
  As Earth orbits the sun, the tubes are lashing through space like water from a demented lawn sprinkler.
  Louisa stopped navigating the steps to stare at me while I bounced all around the living room like a demented idiot.
  Not to let one musical style last for long, he soon ditched the guitar, grabbed the mic and started back in with some demented rapping.
  I looked down and saw that he was eating some demented form of French fries with ketchup squirted all over them.
  Synonyms
  mad, insane, deranged, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, crazed, lunatic, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, distracted, as mad as a hatter, as mad as a march hare, stark mad

Origin

Mid 17th century: past participle of earlier dement ‘drive mad’, from Old French dementer or late Latin dementare, from demens ‘out of one's mind’.

词汇	demented
释义	Definition of demented in English: demented adjective dɪˈmɛntɪddəˈmɛn(t)əd 1Suffering from dementia. 痴呆的 Example sentencesExamples Caretakers and physicians often project sensations of hunger and thirst onto severely demented patients with poor oral intake. Whenever demented patients travel, it is safe to assume their confusion will worsen for the duration of the trip. High level of disability is associated with major depression, in both demented and nondemented people. But, it could be a problem with older, demented patients, or those who are unconscious. Health care professionals commonly rely on feeding tubes to supply nutrition to these severely demented patients. The diagnosis of an independent depressive disorder becomes difficult in the demented patient. On the flip side, cognition has improved in demented or impaired people given nutritional support. Polonius insisted that Hamlet had become demented, and cautioned Ophelia to keep her distance. At this point you may be asking, why it is important to train a workforce that will be experts in taking care of demented residents. Others might view such people as demented or delusional or megalomaniacal. Less severely demented patients and black and Hispanic patients were more likely to stay in the home. Until a week ago, he was demented, rigid, incontinent, unable to talk, swallow or blink his eyes. Synonyms unbalanced, of unsound mind, mentally ill, deranged, crazed, distracted, troubled, disturbed, unhinged, insane, mad, mad as a hatter, mad as a march hare, raving mad, lunatic, out of one's head, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, neurotic, psychotic 1.1British informal Behaving irrationally due to anger, distress, or excitement. 〈非正式〉疯狂的，狂怒的，行为失常的 she was demented with worry Example sentencesExamples Reaction to the wreck showed an almost demented optimism about the venture. As Earth orbits the sun, the tubes are lashing through space like water from a demented lawn sprinkler. Finally, at the age of 33, the demented fury that drove him on has subsided and other priorities have kicked in. As if drunk, or stoned or demented, I jumble everything up, use wrong words or leave gaps in sentences that trail off to nowhere. Louisa stopped navigating the steps to stare at me while I bounced all around the living room like a demented idiot. She flailed her limbs and screamed, looking like a poor demented bird. If he lived to 200, he would never understand females, and the demented way their brains worked. To my possibly demented mind there did seem to be something unique, even comical about the framing of the issues. They hold a twisted allure to the more demented members of any society. I probably looked more than a little demented, come to think of it. Not to let one musical style last for long, he soon ditched the guitar, grabbed the mic and started back in with some demented rapping. To me, it seemed like demented torture, and not very flattering. Then the speakers seem to come alive with demented directional droning. I looked down and saw that he was eating some demented form of French fries with ketchup squirted all over them. They fell in the gaily lit hall with a flutter like demented birds attempting flight. It sounds like an orchestra of demented bassoonists playing at full tilt. Conversations may be in whispers or, often, in demented shouting contests. Deep set eyes and a long face made him look like a demented scientist. Synonyms mad, insane, deranged, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, crazed, lunatic, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, distracted, as mad as a hatter, as mad as a March hare, stark mad Latin non compos mentis British sectionable informal crazy, mental, off one's head, out of one's head, off one's nut, nutty, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's rocker, not (quite) right in the head, round the bend, raving mad, stark staring/raving mad, bats, batty, bonkers, cuckoo, loopy, loony, bananas, loco, dippy, screwy, with a screw loose, touched, gaga, doolally, up the pole, not all there, out to lunch, off the wall, not right upstairs, away with the fairies British informal barmy, crackers, barking, barking mad, round the twist, off one's trolley, as daft as a brush, not the full shilling, one sandwich short of a picnic North American informal buggy, nutsy, nutso, out of one's tree, meshuga, squirrelly, wacko, gonzo Canadian &amp Australian/New Zealand informal bushed New Zealand informal porangi Derivatives dementedly adverbdɪˈmɛntɪdlidəˈmɛn(t)ədli I figured this was his dementedly cryptic way of letting me know he was there to settle my gambling debt. Example sentencesExamples I started to laugh quietly, resentfully, dementedly. His face was dementedly squeezed; sweat was running down while his eyebrows were those of a devil. His mother and favourite sister had died of tuberculosis in 1868 and 1877 respectively, and his father - driven close to insanity with grief - became almost dementedly pious. Some way into the forest Kira stopped abruptly, pressed her nose to the earth and began to dig dementedly. dementedness noun And in some defense of my dementedness I did draw on combination of art found here and there. Example sentencesExamples No one returns from dementedness to tell us what it is - or is not. But, when we do feel a slight bit dazed, it seems as though this dementedness is part of the film's charm. I feel the need to comment on the dementedness of the human species every once in a while. Your name will become synonymous with sheer dementedness, as lesser men whisper your name in terror. Origin Mid 17th century: past participle of earlier dement 'drive mad', from Old French dementer or late Latin dementare, from demens 'out of one's mind'. mind from Old English: English mind shares its ancient root with Latin mens ‘mind’, from which demented (mid 17th century), mental (Late Middle English), and mention derive. The mind can do many wonderful things, including ‘boggling’. The phrase the mind boggles, meaning that someone becomes astonished or overwhelmed at the thought of something, is first recorded in the 1890s. Boggle itself is probably a dialect word related to bogle ‘a phantom or goblin’ and bogey ‘an evil or mischievous spirit’. Someone may have warned you to mind your Ps and Qs, ‘be careful to behave well and avoid giving offence’. The expression has been known since the 1770s, but its exact origins are uncertain. One obvious suggestion is that it comes from a child's early days of learning to read and write, when they might find it difficult to distinguish between the two tailed letters p and q. Another idea suggests that printers had to be very careful to avoid confusing the two letters when setting metal type. Mind how you go!, meaning ‘be careful, look after yourself’, has been common in Britain since the 1940s. It was popularized by the long-running BBC TV series Dixon of Dock Green (1955–76), in which it was a catchphrase of the avuncular PC George Dixon, along with evening all. Definition of demented in US English: demented adjectivedəˈmɛn(t)əddəˈmen(t)əd 1Suffering from dementia. 痴呆的 Example sentencesExamples Whenever demented patients travel, it is safe to assume their confusion will worsen for the duration of the trip. At this point you may be asking, why it is important to train a workforce that will be experts in taking care of demented residents. Others might view such people as demented or delusional or megalomaniacal. But, it could be a problem with older, demented patients, or those who are unconscious. The diagnosis of an independent depressive disorder becomes difficult in the demented patient. On the flip side, cognition has improved in demented or impaired people given nutritional support. Polonius insisted that Hamlet had become demented, and cautioned Ophelia to keep her distance. Caretakers and physicians often project sensations of hunger and thirst onto severely demented patients with poor oral intake. Less severely demented patients and black and Hispanic patients were more likely to stay in the home. High level of disability is associated with major depression, in both demented and nondemented people. Until a week ago, he was demented, rigid, incontinent, unable to talk, swallow or blink his eyes. Health care professionals commonly rely on feeding tubes to supply nutrition to these severely demented patients. Synonyms unbalanced, of unsound mind, mentally ill, deranged, crazed, distracted, troubled, disturbed, unhinged, insane, mad, mad as a hatter, mad as a march hare, raving mad, lunatic, out of one's head, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, neurotic, psychotic 1.1British informal Driven to behave irrationally due to anger, distress, or excitement. 〈非正式〉疯狂的，狂怒的，行为失常的 a demented, dangerous, and sadistic Mafioso Example sentencesExamples To me, it seemed like demented torture, and not very flattering. It sounds like an orchestra of demented bassoonists playing at full tilt. They fell in the gaily lit hall with a flutter like demented birds attempting flight. They hold a twisted allure to the more demented members of any society. I probably looked more than a little demented, come to think of it. As if drunk, or stoned or demented, I jumble everything up, use wrong words or leave gaps in sentences that trail off to nowhere. She flailed her limbs and screamed, looking like a poor demented bird. If he lived to 200, he would never understand females, and the demented way their brains worked. Then the speakers seem to come alive with demented directional droning. Finally, at the age of 33, the demented fury that drove him on has subsided and other priorities have kicked in. Reaction to the wreck showed an almost demented optimism about the venture. Conversations may be in whispers or, often, in demented shouting contests. Deep set eyes and a long face made him look like a demented scientist. To my possibly demented mind there did seem to be something unique, even comical about the framing of the issues. As Earth orbits the sun, the tubes are lashing through space like water from a demented lawn sprinkler. Louisa stopped navigating the steps to stare at me while I bounced all around the living room like a demented idiot. Not to let one musical style last for long, he soon ditched the guitar, grabbed the mic and started back in with some demented rapping. I looked down and saw that he was eating some demented form of French fries with ketchup squirted all over them. Synonyms mad, insane, deranged, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, crazed, lunatic, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, distracted, as mad as a hatter, as mad as a march hare, stark mad Origin Mid 17th century: past participle of earlier dement ‘drive mad’, from Old French dementer or late Latin dementare, from demens ‘out of one's mind’.
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