单词 | demented |
释义 | demented From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Psychology, psychiatrydementedde‧men‧ted /dɪˈmentɪd/ adjective1 CRAZYcrazy or behaving in a very strange way She was almost demented with grief.2 MP old-fashioned suffering from dementiaExamples from the Corpusdemented• Whoever committed these crimes was demented and sick.• The demented crocuses were hauling themselves up out of the earth.• I read somewhere that, in dreams, we all have the experience of being psychotic or demented or delusional.• We have not yet even imagined some of the wicked purposes to which demented or profit-driven people will put it.• There is no doubt that some depressed patients find more disturbed demented patients distressing.• a demented sense of humor• But, with movies, I mean, I could get really demented with movies sometimes.Origin demented (1600-1700) dement “to drive mad” ((16-19 centuries)), from Latin mens “mind” |
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