Vocabulary Word
Word: demented
Definition: insane
Definition: insane
Sentences Containing 'demented'
Every living creature there held life as of no account, and was demented with a passionate readiness to sacrifice it.
More Vocab Words
::: wince - move back suddenly; shrink back; flinch; Ex. She winced as she touched the cold body.::: chaperon - older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman
::: anonymity - state of being nameless; anonymousness; ADJ. anonymous
::: rejuvenate - make young again
::: scruple - hesitate for ethical reasons; fret about; Ex. She did not scruple to read his diary; N: uneasy feeling arising from conscience; conscience
::: affiliation - joining; associating with
::: gloat - express evil satisfaction; look at or think about with evil satisfaction; view malevolently; Ex. The thief gloated over the stolen jewels.
::: giddy - light-hearted; not serious; frivolous; dizzy; causing dizziness; Ex. giddy youth; Ex. giddy climb/height
::: gruff - rough-mannered; (of a voice) rough; hoarse
::: diffuse - wordy; verbose; rambling; spread out (like a gas); V: spread out in all directions; disperse; N. diffusion; CF. suffuse
