📖 Definitions of "Dement"
noun
- 1
An insane person, or one afflicted with dementia
verb
- 1
To drive mad; to craze
adjective
- 1
Insane, demented
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dement"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| crazynoun | (slang, countable) An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot. |
| madnoun | Initialism of mutual assured destruction or mutually assured destruction. |
| insane | Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad. |
| unhinged | (figuratively, usually humorous) Mentally ill or unstable; deranged; insane. |
| brainsick | Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. |
| sicknoun | (British, Australia, colloquial) Vomit. |
| disturbed | Having been altered or changed. |
| distracted | having one's attention diverted; preoccupied; distrait (literary) |
| unbalanced | not balanced, without equilibrium |
| pareticnoun | A person who has paresis. |
| wcnoun | (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Initialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet. [(chiefly Europe) A room containing a flush toilet.] |
| lunaticknoun | Obsolete form of lunatic. [An insane person.] |
| woodnoun | (uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel. |
| distemperate | Immoderate, excessive. |
| assotnoun | — |
| straughtnoun | (Scotland) straight |
| melancholious | (obsolete) melancholy |
| dernful | (obsolete, poetic) secret, lonely, sad, or mournful |
| dæmonical | Obsolete form of demonical. |
| dismayful | (obsolete) Dismaying; disheartening. |
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