demented
adjective /dɪˈmen.tɪd/
/-t̬ɪd/ Definition
› unable to think or act clearly because you are extremely worried, angry, or excited by something: She was nearly demented with worry when her son didn't come home.Becoming too excited and easily upsetAnxious and worried › old-fashioned or informal crazy: The man is demented - he's going to wreck the whole operation.Of unsound mindStupid and silly dementedly /-li/ adverb Of unsound mindStupid and silly
(Definition of demented adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- (as) mad as a hatter/March hare idiom
- be (as) nutty as a fruitcake idiom
- be crazy about sb/sth idiom
- deranged adjective
- disturbed adjective
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- gaga adjective (MENTALLY UNCLEAR)
- have a screw loose idiom
- have bats in the belfry idiom
- institutionalized adjective
- like a man/woman possessed idiom
- mad adjective (MENTALLY ILL)
- maniac noun (MENTALLY ILL)
- mixed up adjective
- off your rocker idiom
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- take leave of your senses idiom
- unstable adjective
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