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demented en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /dɪˈmɛntɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mēns Latin dēmēns Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Vulgar Latin dēmentōder. English dement Old English -ed ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English demented Past participle of dement + -ed, from Latin dēmentāre.

Meanings

  1. Insane; mentally ill.
    • In the past week, he [Donald Trump] attacked the “truly sick and demented people” in the news media, […], not even counting the “deranged scumbags” in Iran. 2026 March 16, Peter Baker, “In Choosing ‘Epic Fury,’ Trump Names a War and Defines His Presidency”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
    • 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, nakedly, movingly human than he is here. 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2012:
  2. Having dementia.
  3. (informal) Crazy; ridiculous.
    • One of these new recruits is Jagger Froid, a demented alien from the Black Hole Galaxy, who dishes out punishment with a laser-sharp tongue. c. 1990, How to Play Super C (PDF) (instruction manual), Konami, page 4
    • a demented idea
    • Literally nothing happens, apart from Donaldson counting to 100,000. In this sense, it is nothing like his later videos, defined as they are by a near-demented commitment to maximum viewer-stimulation. 2025 June 3, Mark O’Connell, “‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2025:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more demented Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most demented Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

semidemented · dementedly · nondemented · pseudodemented · dementedness · academented · undemented

Translations (34)

de verrückt (insane or mentally ill) · mi wairangi (insane or mentally ill) · da dement (suffering from dementia) · it demente (insane or mentally ill) · ru слабоумный (suffering from dementia) · nn dement (suffering from dementia) · la dēmentātus (insane or mentally ill) · bg луд (insane or mentally ill) · bg дементен (suffering from dementia) · es demente (insane or mentally ill) · cs dementní (suffering from dementia) · el ανοϊκός (suffering from dementia) · fi hullu (insane or mentally ill) · sv dement (suffering from dementia) · de wahnsinnig (insane or mentally ill) · nb dement (suffering from dementia) · fi dementoitunut (suffering from dementia) · el παράφρων (insane or mentally ill) · ru сумасше́дший (insane or mentally ill) · de dement (suffering from dementia) · bg побъркан (insane or mentally ill) · da afsindig (insane or mentally ill) · es demente (suffering from dementia) · ar مَخْبُول (insane or mentally ill) · es demencial (insane or mentally ill) · fr dément (insane or mentally ill) · es demenciado (suffering from dementia) · da vanvittig (insane or mentally ill) · la dēmens (insane or mentally ill) · el τρελός (insane or mentally ill) · vi loạn trí (insane or mentally ill) · ar مَسْعُور (insane or mentally ill) · ar مَجْنُون (insane or mentally ill) · he דמנטי (suffering from dementia)

demented en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /dɪˈmɛntɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mēns Latin dēmēns Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Vulgar Latin dēmentōder. English dement Old English -ed ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English demented Past participle of dement + -ed, from Latin dēmentāre.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of dement
    form of dement

Relateds

mentally ill