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demented
 

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Adjective demented has 1 sense
  1. brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged - affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
    Antonym: sane (indirect, via insane)

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Demented

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1:

Meaning: Mad or insane

Example sentence: She laughed dementedly at the sight of the clown.

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Sense 2:

Meaning: Showing a decline in mental clarity

Example sentence: The elderly woman appeared demented, often forgetting names and places.

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Sense 3:

Meaning: Extremely foolish or irrational

Example sentence: His plan was simply demented and had no chance of success.

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Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1:

Meaning: A person suffering from dementia

Example sentence: The demented required constant care and supervision in the nursing home.

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