Synonyms for dement
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : dih-ment |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmɛnt |
Top 10 synonyms for dement Other synonyms for the word dement
- bedlamite
- bewilder
- bigot
- confound
- crackpot
- crank
- craze
- crazy person
- cuckoo
- dement
- derange
- deranged
- disarrange
- disarray
- discommode
- discompose
- disorder
- displace
- distemper
- distract
- down
- drive mad
- eccentric
- enrage
- fanatic
- fiend
- flurry
- fluster
- freak
- frenzy
- fruitcake
- fuddle
- get to
- harebrain
- head case
- idiot
- imbecile
- infatuate
- inflame
- jumble
- loon
- loony
- lunatic
- madden
- madman
- madwoman
- make insane
- maniac
- mental case
- mental defective
- mess up
- misplace
- muss
- needle
- neurotic
- non compos
- non compos mentis
- nut
- nutcase
- nutter
- oddball
- patient
- psych out
- psycho
- psychopath
- psychotic
- put off
- raver
- raving lunatic
- ruffle
- rummage
- screwball
- sicken
- spook
- throw
- throw off
- trouble
- turn
- unbalance
- unhinge
- unnerve
- unsettle
- upset
- zealot
Définition of dement
Origin :- 1540s, "to drive mad," probably from Middle French démenter, from Late Latin dementare "to drive out of one's mind," from phrase de mente (a less technical term than insanitas), from de + mente, ablative of mens mind" (see mind (n.)).
- As in nut : noun crazy, overenthusiastic person
- As in insane person : noun mentally deranged person
- As in madperson : noun nut
- As in unsettle : verb bother, upset
- As in craze : verb make insane
- As in derange : verb make crazy; confuse
- Dement, riding near the head of the line saw this and muttered in his beard.
- Extract from : « Tharon of Lost Valley » by Vingie E. Roe
- When we were at Dixon they were getting up the Dement regiment.
- Extract from : « North America, Volume I (of 2) » by Anthony Trollope
- Dement′ed, out of one's mind: insane: suffering from dementia.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- The letter went on to say that at times “the master was like one dement,” and that they were afraid of their lives.
- Extract from : « A Country Sweetheart » by Dora Russell
- In the following year he organized the Dement Brothers Company and has continuously served as its president.
- Extract from : « Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by William Denison Lyman
- In 1907 he was elected to the vice presidency of the Dement Brothers Company and remained as manager as well.
- Extract from : « Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by William Denison Lyman
- Dement ceased speaking and stood in silhouette against the last yellow-and-black of the dead sunset.
- Extract from : « Tharon of Lost Valley » by Vingie E. Roe
- Mr. Dement hoped that Congress would do something to compensate him for his losses.
- Extract from : « The Life of Lyman Trumbull » by Horace White
Antonyms for dement
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