Demented — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

affected with madness or insanity

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/daɪvˈʌlɡeɪɾᵻd/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪmˈɛntɪd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪmˈɛntɪd/

3 syllables Say it as /daɪvˈʌlɡeɪɾᵻd/.

Examples

a man who had gone mad

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

unhinged disturbed unbalanced mad brainsick sick crazy

Parts of Speech

adjective

affected with madness or insanity

“a man who had gone mad”

Word Forms

craze	noun	state of violent mental agitation
craziness	noun	informal terms for insanity
dementedness	noun	mental deterioration of organic or functional origin
madness	noun	obsolete terms for legal insanity
sick	noun	people who are sick

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

wahnsinnig

von Wahnsinn oder Wahnsinn betroffen

🇫🇷French

dément

atteint de folie ou d'aliénation mentale

🇪🇸Spanish

demente

afectado por locura o locura

🇮🇹Italian

demente

affetto da follia o infermità mentale

🇳🇱Dutch

dementerend

getroffen door waanzin of krankzinnigheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

demente

afetado pela loucura ou insanidade

🇷🇺Russian

безумный

пораженный безумием или безумием

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पागल

पागलपन या पागलपन से प्रभावित

🇧🇩Bengali

বিভ্রান্ত

পাগলামি বা উন্মাদনায় আক্রান্ত

🇮🇳Tamil

மனவளர்ச்சி குன்றியவர்

பைத்தியக்காரத்தனம் அல்லது பைத்தியக்காரத்தனத்தால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

బుద్ధిమాంద్యుడు

పిచ్చి లేదా పిచ్చితో ప్రభావితమవుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

स्मृतिभ्रंश

वेडेपणा किंवा वेडेपणाने प्रभावित

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉન્માદ

ગાંડપણ અથવા ગાંડપણથી પ્રભાવિત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬುದ್ಧಿಮಾಂದ್ಯ

ಹುಚ್ಚುತನ ಅಥವಾ ಹುಚ್ಚುತನದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಭಾವಿತವಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബുദ്ധിമാന്ദ്യം

ഭ്രാന്ത് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഭ്രാന്ത് ബാധിച്ചു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਾਗਲ

ਪਾਗਲਪਨ ਜਾਂ ਪਾਗਲਪਨ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਿਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

پاگل

پاگل پن یا پاگل پن سے متاثر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

疯狂的

受到疯狂或精神错乱的影响

🇯🇵Japanese

認知症の

狂気または狂気の影響を受ける

🇰🇷Korean

미친

광기나 광기의 영향을 받음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

điên

bị ảnh hưởng bởi sự điên rồ hoặc mất trí

🇹🇭Thai

บ้า

ได้รับผลกระทบด้วยความบ้าคลั่งหรือวิกลจริต

🇮🇩Indonesian

gila

terkena kegilaan atau kegilaan

🇲🇾Malay

hilang akal

terkena penyakit gila atau gila

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مجنون

متأثر بالجنون أو الجنون

🇮🇷Persian

زوال عقل

متاثر از جنون یا جنون

🇹🇷Turkish

çılgın

delilikten ya da delilikten etkilenmiş

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְטוּרָף

מושפע משיגעון או אי שפיות

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