demented

1. 1.

   affected with madness or insanity

   “a man who had gone mad”

   Synonymsbrainsickcrazydisturbedmadsickunbalancedunhinged

   Similarinsane

Questions about demented

What does demented mean?

demented means "affected with madness or insanity".

How many syllables are in demented?

demented has 3 syllables: de-men-ted. The stress falls on "men". In IPA it is /dɪˈmɛntɪd/.

What is another word for demented?

Close synonyms include brainsick, crazy, disturbed, mad, sick. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is demented a common word?

demented is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with demented?

5 words rhyme with demented. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.