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🧠 To make insane 🧠 A mad person
to dement

to dement

3 9.9
To make someone very confused and forgetful because of brain illness
  • verb
  • /dɪˈmɛnt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : enloquecer (a alguien)
  • Good Lord, you must be demented.
  • dementing illness

And I think that is dementing and deeply unfair to men and not possible.

Examples

  • Stanley thinks he must be demented.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Well, there have been cases where stranded survivors... have become demented by shock and isolation.

    Sasquatch (2002)

  • In what way demented?

    Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)

  • He was demented.

    His Stretch of Texas Ground (2021)

  • The harsh conditions of the prison threatened to dement the inmates' mental health.

  • Isolating someone for too long can dement them, leading to severe psychological issues.

  • The stress of constant failure began to dement him, affecting his grip on reality.

Synonyms

to derange
vsto dement
2 8.7

Make someone unable to think clearly or act normally

is archaic and names the same act of causing mental illness

How Damaging

to dement
  • Archaic
3 9.9
to drive (someone) crazy
  • Informal
271 3.9
to disturb
153 2.5
to unsettle
7 4.9

Surface Forms

dement infinitive
demented past
demented past participle
dementing present participle
dements third person singular

Etymology

Dement comes from the Latin parts de- 'out of' and mens 'mind', and is related to dementia and mental. So, to dement someone was to make them 'out of their mind', which is why the verb means to cause madness and is now old-fashioned.