demented

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demented

  • /dɪˈmɛntɪd/

adjective more demented · most demented

  1. Insane; mentally ill. So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nak
  2. Having dementia.
  3. informal Crazy; ridiculous. a demented idea

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of dement

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adj insane or mentally ill

Españoldemencial, demente
Françaisdément
Deutschwahnsinnig, verrückt
Italianodemente
Ελληνικάπαράφρων paráfron, τρελός trelós
Русскийсумасше́дший sumasšédšij
Tiếng Việtloạn trí
العربيةمَخْبُول maḵbūl, مَجْنُون majnūn, مَسْعُور masʕūr

adj suffering from dementia

Españoldemente, demenciado
Deutschdement
Ελληνικάανοϊκός anoïkós
Русскийслабоумный slaboumnyj
עבריתדמנטי deménti

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@misc{demented_2026,
  title = {demented},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/demented},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}