[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

demented \dement"ed\, a. from dement.
   insane; mad; of unsound mind. -- dement"edness, n.
   1913 webster
see also:
dement dement"edness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

demented
     adj : affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
           syn: brainsick, crazy, distracted, disturbed,
           mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged
see also:
brainsick crazy distracted disturbed mad sick 
unbalanced unhinged 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

55 moby thesaurus words for "demented":
   abnormal, bereft of reason, brainsick, crackbrained, cracked,
   crazed, crazy, daft, delirious, deluded, deprived of reason,
   deranged, disoriented, distraught, flighty, frenzied, hallucinated,
   hysterical, insane, irrational, loco, lunatic, mad, maddened,
   maniac, manic, mazed, mental, mentally deficient, meshuggah,
   moon-struck, non compos, non compos mentis, not all there,
   not right, odd, of unsound mind, off, psycho, queer, reasonless,
   senseless, sick, stark-mad, stark-staring mad, strange, tetched,
   touched, unbalanced, unhinged, unsane, unsettled, unsound,
   wandering, witless

[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

demented adj. yet another term of disgust used to describe a
   malfunctioning program. the connotation in this case is that the program
   works as designed, but the design is bad. said, for example, of a
   program that generates large numbers of meaningless error messages,
   implying that it is on the brink of imminent collapse. compare wonky,
   brain-damaged, bozotic.


see also:
wonky brain-damaged bozotic 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

demented
     
        yet another term of disgust used to describe a program.  the
        connotation in this case is that the program works as
        designed, but the design is bad.  said, for example, of a
        program that generates large numbers of meaningless error
        messages, implying that it is on the brink of imminent
        collapse.
     
        jargon file
     
        1994-12-07
     
     
see also:
jargon file 

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