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demented

adjective
🔊/dɪˈmentɪd/
🔊/dɪˈmentɪd/
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  1. (especially British English) behaving in a crazy way because you are extremely upset or worried极度焦躁不安的；忧虑失常的；发狂的
    • I've been nearly demented with worry about you.我一直为你担心，都快发疯了。🔊🔊
    • The children have driven me demented today.今天孩子们把我逼疯了。
    • He was crashing about the house like a demented animal.他像痴呆的动物一样在房子里乱撞。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
  2. (old-fashioned or medical医学) suffering from dementia痴呆的；发狂的Topics Illnessc2
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: past participle of earlier dement ‘drive mad’, from Old French dementer or late Latin dementare, from demens ‘out of one's mind’.