many of her patients were too demented to benefit from group therapy
Thesaurus of popular words. 2014.
Demented — De*ment ed, a. [From {Dement}.] Insane; mad; of unsound mind. {De*ment ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
demented — index deranged, lunatic, non compos mentis Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
demented — 1640s, from obsolete DEMENT (Cf. dement) drive mad … Etymology dictionary
demented — *insane, mad, crazy, crazed, deranged, lunatic, maniac, non compos mentis Analogous words: *irrational, unreasonable: delirious, hysterical, frenzied (see corresponding nouns at MANIA) Antonyms: rational … New Dictionary of Synonyms
demented — [adj] crazy, insane bananas*, bemused, crackbrained*, daft, delirious, deranged, distracted, distraught, flipped out*, foolish, frenzied, fruity*, hysterical, idiotic, in the ozone*, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, manic, non compos mentis, nutty … New thesaurus
demented — ► ADJECTIVE 1) suffering from dementia. 2) informal wild and irrational. DERIVATIVES dementedly adverb. ORIGIN from earlier dement «drive mad», from Latin demens insane … English terms dictionary
demented — [dē ment′id, diment′id] adj. [pp. of DEMENT] mentally deranged; insane; mad dementedly adv … English World dictionary
demented — [[t]dɪme̱ntɪd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is demented has a severe mental illness, especially Alzheimer s disease. [MEDICAL or, OLD FASHIONED] At what point does it become necessary to place a demented person in a nursing home? 2) ADJ GRADED… … English dictionary
demented — de|men|ted [dıˈmentıd] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: dement to drive mad (16 19 centuries), from Latin mens mind ] 1.) crazy or behaving in a very strange way ▪ She was almost demented with grief. 2.) old fashioned suffering from dementia … Dictionary of contemporary English
demented — adjective 1 behaving as if you are crazy, especially because of an upsetting experience: The woman was almost demented with grief. 2 old fashioned suffering from a mental illness … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
