Demented

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  • adjective. Suffering from dementia.
  • adjective. Crazy or foolish.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having lost the normal use of the reason; insane; specifically, afflicted with or characterized by dementia.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Insane; mad; of unsound mind.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Insane or mentally ill.
  • adjective. Suffering from dementia.
  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of dement.
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  • adjective. affected with madness or insanity
  • Word Usage
    "The word 'demented' like 'nutter' or 'lunatic' is a real barrier to sufferers, such as myself, in discussing mental illness, and so overcoming the terrible awkwardness that makes us feel like social lepers."
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    insane  
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    dement