dément — meaning in English
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English meaning
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demented
adjective Affected by dementia, or more informally, behaving in a wild or unhinged way.
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insane
adj Suffering from serious mental illness; not of sound mind.
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lunatic
noun A person regarded as insane or wildly irrational (now considered old-fashioned and offensive as a clinical term).
Senses
dément is used for these senses in English:
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insane
Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
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lunatic
An insane person.
insane — full definition
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adj Suffering from serious mental illness; not of sound mind.
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adj Extremely foolish, reckless, or impractical.
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adj (informal) Extremely impressive, intense, or extraordinary.
