Synonyms of demented

demented

adjective

di-ˈmen-təd 

as in psychotic

having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind

a thoughtful movie about a demented man trying to survive on the street

Synonyms & Similar Words

• psychotic
• lunatic
• insane
• mad
• nuts
• maniacal
• maniac
• mental
• crazy
• gaga
• paranoid
• crazed
• deranged
• psycho
• disturbed
• looney
• paranoidal
• whacky
• unhinged
• whacko
• loony
• cuckoo
• wacko
• strange
• eccentric
• nutty
• cracked
• unbalanced
• ballistic
• batty
• moonstruck
• daffy
• irrational
• wacky
• certifiable
• kooky
• bedlam
• crackpot
• depressed
• daft
• screwy
• scatty
• barmy
• around the bend
• meshuga
• crackbrained
• foolish
• haywire
• loony tunes
• bonkers
• obsessed
• loco
• non compos mentis
• bats
• kookie
• bughouse
• brainsick
• unsound
• odd
• out to lunch
• hysteric
• schizophrenic
• meshuggah
• distraught
• neurotic
• fey
• unreasonable
• fruity
• distracted
• meshugah
• looney tunes
• sociopathic
• schizoid
• disordered
• cranky
• meshugge
• balmy
• frantic
• queer
• hysterical
• loopy
• delirious
• paranoic
• delusional
• paranoiac
• delusionary
• tetched
• crackers
• wud
• aberrant
• obsessive-compulsive
• oddball
• nuclear
• dotty
• out of one's mind
• pixillated
• off
• off one's rocker
• touched
• off one's head
• off one's gourd
• pixilated
• out of one's head
• witless
• berserk
• wigged-out
• raving
• amuck
• monomaniacal
• ape
• potty
• senseless
• frenzied
• monomaniac
• fixated
• teched
• amok
• bananas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sound
• sane
• balanced
• reasonable
• rational
• clear
• lucid
• normal
• sensible
• wise
• compos mentis
• judicious
• healthy
• uncrazy
• well-adjusted
• unneurotic

Examples of demented in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In fact, the end credits feature brief snippets from the 2015 film, probably to remind viewers of what happened in that movie but also maybe to end on a slightly more triumphant note than the totally demented actual finale of Furiosa. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 May 2024

In The Capital, all the genuine idealists in the novel are old, lonely, demented, or dead—with no connection to the modern world. —Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019

Fans have been tempted to compare Aegon to another demented prince of Westeros, but after meeting Jack Gleeson at 2022's first official Game of Thrones convention in Los Angeles, Glynn-Carney pushes back on the Joffrey comparisons. —EW.com, 14 May 2024

The actor is playing a demented and villainous warlord, which is a far cry from his trademark Thor role. —Zack Sharf, Variety, 13 May 2024