What is another word for demented?
Pronunciation:
[ dɪmˈɛntɪd], [ dɪmˈɛntɪd], [ d_ɪ_m_ˈɛ_n_t_ɪ_d]
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Similar words for demented:
- crazed (adjective)
- daft (adjective)
- deranged (adjective)
- frenetic (adjective)
- gaga (adjective)
- insane (adjective)
- ireful (adjective)
- lunatic (adjective)
- manic (adjective)
- mentally ill (adjective)
- non compos mentis (adjective)
- possessed (adjective)
- bananas (adjective)
- beside oneself (adjective)
- crazy (adjective)
- crazy, insane (adjective)
- daffy (adjective)
- delirious (adjective)
- dotty (adjective)
- furious (adjective)
- irrational (adjective)
- mad (adjective)
- manic/maniacal (adjective)
- nuts/nutty (adjective)
- psychotic (adjective)
- queer (adjective)
- troubled (adjective)
- unbalanced (adjective)
- unsound (adjective)
- mad person (noun)
Synonyms for Demented:
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adj.
• crazed • daft • deranged • frenetic • gaga- MAER ,
- ma ,
- MAEST ,
- around bend .
- Crack-brained ,
- babbling ,
- batty ,
- blithering ,
- brain-sick ,
- feverish ,
- frenzied ,
- hysterical ,
- kooky ,
- maniacal ,
- neurotic ,
- psycho ,
- schizoid .
- deprived of one's wits ,
- deprived of one wits ,
- deprived of ones wits ,
- deprived of wits ,
- deprived one wits ,
- deprived one's wits ,
- deprived ones wits ,
- deprived wits .
- dis tressed ,
- dis-tressed ,
- more rattled ,
- more worked up ,
- more worked-up ,
- more workedup ,
- most rattled ,
- most worked up ,
- most worked-up ,
- most workedup ,
- out mind ,
- out of one mind ,
- out of one wit ,
- out of ones mind ,
- out of ones wit ,
- out of wit ,
- out one mind ,
- out one wit ,
- out one's mind ,
- out one's wit ,
- out ones mind ,
- out ones wit ,
- over wrought ,
- un hinged ,
- un-hinged ,
- up-set ,
- workedup .
- Flipped ,
- apest ,
- bats belfry ,
- bats in belfry ,
- bats the belfry ,
- mad as hatter ,
- mad as march hare ,
- more flipped ,
- more schizo ,
- more screwball ,
- more unglued ,
- more unzipped ,
- most flipped ,
- most schizo ,
- most screwball ,
- most unglued ,
- most unzipped ,
- out lunch ,
- out of one tree ,
- out of ones tree ,
- out of tree ,
- out one tree ,
- out one's tree ,
- out ones tree ,
- out tree ,
- round bend ,
- un glued ,
- un zipped ,
- un-glued ,
- un-zipped .
- be wildered ,
- be-wildered ,
- dis arranged ,
- dis ordered ,
- dis-arranged ,
- dis-ordered ,
- in coherent ,
- in-coherent ,
- more deviate ,
- more disarranged ,
- most deviate ,
- most disarranged ,
- off head ,
- off one head ,
- off ones head ,
- out head ,
- out of one head ,
- out of one skull ,
- out of one's skull ,
- out of ones head ,
- out of ones skull ,
- out of skull ,
- out one head ,
- out one skull ,
- out one's head ,
- out one's skull ,
- out ones head ,
- out ones skull ,
- out skull ,
- un reasonable ,
- un settled ,
- un-reasonable ,
- un-settled .
- bent out shape ,
- enraged ,
- fit be tied ,
- in censed ,
- in-censed ,
- more fuming ,
- more hacked ,
- more smoking ,
- more steamed ,
- most fuming ,
- most hacked ,
- most smoking ,
- most steamed ,
- on warpath ,
- steamed ,
- up arms .
- dis connected ,
- dis jointed ,
- dis-connected ,
- dis-jointed ,
- in judicious ,
- in valid ,
- in-judicious ,
- in-valid ,
- more cockamamie ,
- more off the wall ,
- more off-the-wall ,
- more reasonless ,
- more unreasoning ,
- most cockamamie ,
- most off the wall ,
- most off-the-wall ,
- most reasonless ,
- most unreasoning ,
- un reasoning ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un thinking ,
- un wise ,
- un wiser ,
- un wisest ,
- un-reasoning ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest ,
- un-thinking ,
- un-wise ,
- un-wiser ,
- un-wisest .
- more maniacal ,
- more turned out ,
- more turned-out ,
- more turnedout ,
- more up ,
- most manic ,
- most turned out ,
- most turned-out ,
- most turnedout ,
- most up ,
- turnedout .
- flipped-out ,
- flippedout ,
- manic depressive ,
- manicdepressive ,
- more flipped out ,
- more flipped-out ,
- more flippedout ,
- more manic depressive ,
- more manic-depressive ,
- more manicdepressive ,
- most flipped out ,
- most flipped-out ,
- most flippedout ,
- most manic depressive ,
- most manic-depressive ,
- most manicdepressive ,
- over edge .
- dis quieting ,
- dis-quieting ,
- extra-ordinary ,
- fly ball ,
- more outre ,
- most outre ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un common ,
- un commoner ,
- un commonest ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-common ,
- un-commoner ,
- un-natural .
- dis eased ,
- dis-eased ,
- in accurate ,
- in congruous ,
- in correct ,
- in firmer ,
- in firmest ,
- in secure ,
- in securer ,
- in securest ,
- in substantial ,
- in-congruous ,
- in-firmer ,
- in-firmest ,
- in-secure ,
- in-securer ,
- in-securest ,
- in-substantial ,
- more unbacked ,
- most unbacked ,
- not solid ,
- un backed ,
- un healthier ,
- un healthiest ,
- un healthy ,
- un reliable ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un soundest ,
- un steadier ,
- un steadiest ,
- un steady ,
- un substantial ,
- un-backed ,
- un-healthiest ,
- un-healthy ,
- un-reliable ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-steadier ,
- un-steadiest ,
- un-substantial .
-
n.
• mad person Other synonyms:
- buggy ,
- cracked ,
- distraught ,
- loony ,
- non compos mentis ,
- nuts ,
- screwy ,
- wacky .
- disordered ,
- moonstruck ,
- touched ,
- unsound .
- wrong .
- off .
Other relevant words:
- abdomen ,
- abide ,
- absent ,
- absentminded ,
- abstracted ,
- activated ,
- affected ,
- afflictive ,
- ailment ,
- airheaded ,
- alienated ,
- alligatored ,
- amiss ,
- amusing ,
- angered ,
- angry ,
- annoyed ,
- anomic ,
- anserine ,
- anxious ,
- ape ,
- appal ,
- appall ,
- apprehensive ,
- aroused ,
- at sea ,
- away ,
- awry ,
- babble ,
- backward ,
- badly ,
- badness ,
- baffle ,
- baffled ,
- ball over ,
- barbarian ,
- barbaric ,
- barf ,
- baseless ,
- bay state ,
- be sick ,
- bear ,
- befuddled ,
- belly ,
- bewildered ,
- big ,
- bilk ,
- bizarre ,
- black ,
- blame ,
- blamed ,
- blanch ,
- blasted ,
- bleak ,
- blemished ,
- blench ,
- blessed ,
- blind ,
- blow ,
- blow out of the water ,
- blue ,
- blur ,
- body politic ,
- booby hatch ,
- bowl over ,
- bozo ,
- breadbasket ,
- broken ,
- brook ,
- buddy-buddy ,
- buffoonish ,
- bump off ,
- can ,
- cancelled ,
- case ,
- cast ,
- cat ,
- causeless ,
- certified ,
- chamberpot ,
- changeable ,
- changeling ,
- chaos ,
- chapped ,
- character ,
- charnel ,
- cheesed off ,
- chuck ,
- chummy ,
- clownlike ,
- cockamamy ,
- cockeyed ,
- cold ,
- cold-blooded ,
- comic ,
- comical ,
- commode ,
- commonwealth ,
- compact ,
- complaint ,
- compulsive ,
- confounded ,
- copycat ,
- country ,
- crank ,
- crapper ,
- craze ,
- crazily ,
- crazy house ,
- cretin ,
- crisp ,
- cross ,
- cuckoo's nest ,
- curious ,
- cushion ,
- cushy ,
- damage ,
- damn ,
- damned ,
- daredevil ,
- dark ,
- darned ,
- daze ,
- dazed ,
- deadly ,
- deep ,
- defective ,
- delicate ,
- delirium ,
- demented ,
- dementedly ,
- demoniac ,
- demoniacal ,
- dense ,
- department of state ,
- derangement ,
- derisory ,
- determined ,
- deucedly ,
- devilishly ,
- diffuse ,
- diffused ,
- digest ,
- digressive ,
- dimmed ,
- dingy ,
- dip ,
- discomfit ,
- discompose ,
- disconcert ,
- disconnected ,
- disconsolate ,
- discursive ,
- diseased ,
- disgorge ,
- disgusted ,
- disjointed ,
- dismal ,
- disorder ,
- dispatch ,
- dispirited ,
- disruptive ,
- distorted ,
- disturb ,
- disturbance ,
- doddering ,
- doddery ,
- dolt ,
- dos ,
- dour ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- drab ,
- drear ,
- dreary ,
- dull ,
- dullard ,
- dysphoric ,
- easy ,
- easygoing ,
- eccentric person ,
- edgy ,
- electric shock ,
- electrical shock ,
- elfin ,
- emmet ,
- emotional ,
- emulator ,
- enamored ,
- endanger ,
- endure ,
- especial ,
- exasperated ,
- exceeding ,
- excursive ,
- expose ,
- express ,
- extraordinary ,
- fag ,
- faggot ,
- fagot ,
- faint ,
- fairy ,
- fallacious ,
- fanatic ,
- fanatical ,
- fantastic ,
- far-out ,
- farcical ,
- fathead ,
- fatheaded ,
- faulty ,
- featherbrained ,
- febrile ,
- fed up ,
- feebleminded ,
- feisty ,
- ferocious ,
- feverous ,
- fickle ,
- fidgety ,
- fierce ,
- flabby ,
- flaccid ,
- flake ,
- flakey ,
- floor ,
- fluid ,
- fly ,
- flyaway ,
- foil ,
- forbidding ,
- foreign ,
- forged ,
- forgetful ,
- forth ,
- fractious ,
- frantically ,
- freakish ,
- freaky ,
- frenzy ,
- fretful ,
- frizzly ,
- frizzy ,
- fruitcake ,
- frustrate ,
- funny ,
- funny farm ,
- funny house ,
- fury ,
- futile ,
- garbled ,
- gay ,
- geek ,
- genial ,
- gentle ,
- ghoulish ,
- giddy ,
- gloomy ,
- goaded ,
- goalless ,
- goddam ,
- goddamn ,
- goddamned ,
- godforsaken ,
- goof ,
- goofball ,
- goose ,
- gooselike ,
- goosey ,
- goosy ,
- groundless ,
- half-crazed ,
- half-wit ,
- half-witted ,
- hallucinating ,
- harangue ,
- hard put ,
- hard-pressed ,
- harum-scarum ,
- hazardous ,
- head-in-the-clouds ,
- headless ,
- heavyset ,
- hectic ,
- henpecked ,
- high-risk ,
- hitless ,
- homophile ,
- honk ,
- hot ,
- hothead ,
- hysteric ,
- hysterical neurosis ,
- idiot ,
- idle ,
- ill-timed ,
- imitator ,
- impact ,
- impassive ,
- impelled ,
- improper ,
- in a bad way ,
- inauspicious ,
- incorrect ,
- incorrectly ,
- indulgent ,
- ineffectual ,
- inexorable ,
- infantile ,
- infernal ,
- infuriated ,
- inhuman ,
- insanely ,
- insensible ,
- insentient ,
- irate ,
- irrational number ,
- irritable ,
- irritated ,
- itchy ,
- jackass ,
- jar ,
- jerky ,
- jittery ,
- jolt ,
- jounce ,
- jumpy ,
- knock over ,
- kookie ,
- lallation ,
- land ,
- lead ,
- leash ,
- left ,
- left over ,
- leftover ,
- legal injury ,
- lenient ,
- light ,
- lightheaded ,
- loathsome ,
- loggerheaded ,
- loony bin ,
- lost ,
- low ,
- low-spirited ,
- madcap ,
- madhouse ,
- madman ,
- mama ,
- mamma ,
- mammy ,
- mass. ,
- massachusetts ,
- master of arts ,
- meandering ,
- medium ,
- melancholiac ,
- melancholy ,
- mercurial ,
- meshugga ,
- meshugge ,
- meshuggeneh ,
- meshuggener ,
- midst ,
- miffed ,
- mild ,
- milliampere ,
- mirthful ,
- misrepresented ,
- mixed-up ,
- mobile ,
- mom ,
- momma ,
- mommy ,
- mordant ,
- moron ,
- moved ,
- mum ,
- mummy ,
- murder ,
- murderously ,
- mute ,
- nance ,
- nappy ,
- nation ,
- natural state ,
- nauseating ,
- nervous ,
- nervy ,
- nettled ,
- nettlesome ,
- nitwitted ,
- noisome ,
- nomadic ,
- nonconcentric ,
- nonmeaningful ,
- nonsense ,
- nut ,
- nut case ,
- nut house ,
- nutcase ,
- nuthouse ,
- nutlike ,
- nutter ,
- obsessional ,
- oddball ,
- offbeat ,
- offend ,
- offensive ,
- old colony ,
- olympian ,
- ominous ,
- otiose ,
- outlandish ,
- outrage ,
- outre ,
- overactive ,
- overstrung ,
- overthrow ,
- overturn ,
- overturned ,
- overwrought ,
- overzealous ,
- painful ,
- pandemonium ,
- pansy ,
- particular ,
- pathetic ,
- pathologic ,
- pathological ,
- peckish ,
- peculiar ,
- peeved ,
- peevish ,
- peregrine ,
- peril ,
- perturbation ,
- perverted ,
- pettish ,
- petulant ,
- piano ,
- picket ,
- pillock ,
- pismire ,
- pissed ,
- pissed off ,
- planetary ,
- polish off ,
- poof ,
- poor fish ,
- poorly ,
- poove ,
- posit ,
- pot ,
- pouf ,
- precarious ,
- preoccupied ,
- preposterous ,
- prodigious ,
- province ,
- psychopathologic ,
- psychopathological ,
- psychotic person ,
- pudden-head ,
- pudding head ,
- puke ,
- punch-drunk ,
- purblind ,
- purge ,
- put forward ,
- put up ,
- queen ,
- quicksilver ,
- rampantly ,
- rant ,
- ranter ,
- rattlebrained ,
- rattlepated ,
- raving mad ,
- ravingly ,
- raw ,
- reasonable ,
- regorge ,
- regretful ,
- regurgitate ,
- relentless ,
- remaining ,
- remove ,
- restive ,
- retard ,
- retch ,
- riled ,
- riotous ,
- risible ,
- risky ,
- roadster ,
- roiled ,
- roughened ,
- roving ,
- rum ,
- rummy ,
- sanatorium ,
- savage ,
- say ,
- scandalise ,
- scandalize ,
- scattered ,
- schizotypal personality ,
- scoreless ,
- scotch ,
- scratchy ,
- screw-loose ,
- scupper ,
- seismic disturbance ,
- senile ,
- sensible ,
- sepulchral ,
- shadowy ,
- shitless ,
- shock absorber ,
- sick of ,
- sickening ,
- silent ,
- simple ,
- sinful ,
- single-handed ,
- singular ,
- skittish ,
- slaphappy ,
- slay ,
- slow ,
- slur ,
- slurred ,
- smitten ,
- smoke ,
- snake pit ,
- soft on ,
- soft-witted ,
- sonant ,
- sorry ,
- sour ,
- spaced-out ,
- spacey ,
- special ,
- speculative ,
- speechless ,
- spew ,
- spiritualist ,
- spoil ,
- spoiled ,
- spoilt ,
- spooky ,
- sprawling ,
- spue ,
- stand ,
- state department ,
- state of matter ,
- state of nature ,
- stern ,
- stick out ,
- stirred ,
- stocky ,
- stool ,
- straggling ,
- straggly ,
- stressed ,
- stung ,
- stunned ,
- stupefied ,
- stupid person ,
- stupor ,
- subdued ,
- submit ,
- suffer ,
- superfluous ,
- support ,
- surpassing ,
- swage ,
- swashbuckler ,
- swooning ,
- take aback ,
- taken up ,
- taken with ,
- techy ,
- tell ,
- temperamental ,
- tempestuous ,
- tender ,
- testy ,
- tetchy ,
- the absurd ,
- thick-skulled ,
- thickly ,
- thickset ,
- throne ,
- throw up ,
- thunder mug ,
- thwart ,
- ticklish ,
- tiddly ,
- tip over ,
- tippy ,
- tipsy ,
- tired of ,
- toilet ,
- tolerate ,
- tongue-tied ,
- topsy-turvydom ,
- topsy-turvyness ,
- tough ,
- traumatise ,
- traumatize ,
- trouble ,
- tum ,
- tummy ,
- tump over ,
- tumultuous ,
- turbulent ,
- turn over ,
- turned ,
- turnover ,
- twat ,
- type ,
- unappeasable ,
- unassisted ,
- unavailing ,
- uncertain ,
- uncivilised ,
- uncivilized ,
- uncollectible ,
- unconnected ,
- underdone ,
- uneasy ,
- uneven ,
- unexpended ,
- unfit ,
- unforgiving ,
- unfounded ,
- unhappy ,
- united states department of state ,
- unknown ,
- unlogical ,
- unmatched ,
- unmated ,
- unmindful ,
- unnatural ,
- unordered ,
- unpaired ,
- unpointed ,
- unquiet ,
- unrelenting ,
- unseasonable ,
- untamed ,
- untimely ,
- untune ,
- unusual ,
- unwarranted ,
- upchuck ,
- uptight ,
- upturned ,
- vacuous ,
- vagabondage ,
- vague ,
- venter ,
- vertiginous ,
- vile ,
- violent ,
- voiced ,
- volatile ,
- vomit ,
- vomit up ,
- waste ,
- wasted ,
- way-out ,
- weirdo ,
- whacky ,
- wide area network ,
- wilderness ,
- winding ,
- wispy ,
- wooden-headed ,
- woozy ,
- wrongfulness ,
- wrongly ,
- yeasty ,
- zestful ,
- zesty .
- bipolar ,
- confused ,
- depressed ,
- diminished responsibility ,
- madly ,
- manic ,
- melancholic ,
- paranoiac ,
- paranoid ,
- schizophrenic ,
- shell-shocked ,
- witless .
- Addle-pated ,
- Aliene ,
- Bedevilled ,
- Deluded ,
- Dull-witted ,
- Fatuitous ,
- Feather-brained ,
- Feather-headed ,
- Feeble-minded ,
- Luny ,
- Non compos ,
- Numskulled ,
- Nutted ,
- Rattle-brained ,
- WUD ,
- abnormal ,
- absurd ,
- amok ,
- amuck ,
- around the bend ,
- asinine ,
- bad ,
- balmy ,
- balmy orbarmy ,
- barmy ,
- bats ,
- bedlam ,
- bereft of reason ,
- beside oneself ,
- bird-brained ,
- blockheaded ,
- boneheaded ,
- brainless ,
- brainsick ,
- bughouse ,
- bugs ,
- certifiable ,
- consumed ,
- controlled ,
- crackbrained ,
- crackpot ,
- cranky ,
- crazed ,
- crazy as a loon ,
- cuckoo ,
- daft ,
- deuced ,
- dim ,
- dim-witted ,
- dippy ,
- disoriented ,
- distracted ,
- distrait ,
- distressed ,
- disturbed ,
- dizzy ,
- dominated ,
- doolally ,
- dopey ,
- dopy ,
- dotty ,
- driven ,
- dumb ,
- eaten up ,
- eccentric ,
- empty-headed ,
- erratic ,
- exceptional ,
- excited ,
- fatuous ,
- fey ,
- flaky ,
- flighty ,
- foolish ,
- frantic ,
- frenetic ,
- furious ,
- gaga ,
- goofy ,
- grisly ,
- gruesome ,
- half-baked ,
- halfwitted ,
- hallucinated ,
- hare-brained ,
- haunted ,
- haywire ,
- huffy ,
- idiotic ,
- ill ,
- illogical ,
- imbalanced ,
- imbecile ,
- imbecilic ,
- in love ,
- inane ,
- incoherent ,
- incongruous ,
- infatuated ,
- insensate ,
- ireful ,
- kinky ,
- light-headed ,
- looney ,
- loopy ,
- ludicrous ,
- mad as a hatter ,
- mad person ,
- maddened ,
- maladjusted ,
- maniac ,
- mazed ,
- meaningless ,
- mental ,
- mentally deficient ,
- meshuga ,
- meshuggah ,
- mindless ,
- moronic ,
- muddle-headed ,
- nauseated ,
- nonsensical ,
- not all there ,
- not right ,
- numbskulled ,
- nutty as a fruitcake ,
- obsessed ,
- obtuse ,
- odd ,
- of unsound mind ,
- off one's head ,
- off one's rocker ,
- off rocker ,
- off-the-wall ,
- out of head ,
- out of it ,
- out of one's mind ,
- out to lunch ,
- pale ,
- pointless ,
- possessed ,
- potty ,
- pressed ,
- psychoneurotic ,
- psychopathic ,
- purposeless ,
- queasy ,
- queer ,
- quirky ,
- rabid ,
- raging ,
- rambling ,
- ranting ,
- raving ,
- reasonless ,
- ridden ,
- ridiculous ,
- run amok ,
- run amuck ,
- scatterbrained ,
- schizo ,
- screwball ,
- senseless ,
- sick ,
- sick in the head ,
- silly ,
- simple-minded ,
- slow-witted ,
- soft ,
- softheaded ,
- spacy ,
- stark raving mad ,
- stolid ,
- strange ,
- stupid ,
- tetched ,
- thick ,
- thickheaded ,
- twisted ,
- unhinged ,
- unintelligent ,
- unsettled ,
- unstable ,
- upset ,
- wacko ,
- wandering ,
- wild ,
- worried .
- Hacked ,
- aper ,
- bats in the belfry ,
- bent out of shape ,
- browned off ,
- bummed out ,
- carried away ,
- clownish ,
- cockamamie ,
- crazy ,
- delirious ,
- deranged ,
- extra ordinary ,
- flawed ,
- goofy loony ,
- hopping mad ,
- in firm ,
- in poor health ,
- insane ,
- irrational ,
- lunatic ,
- mad ,
- manic-depressive ,
- mentally unbalanced ,
- nobody home ,
- not there ,
- nutty as fruitcake ,
- on the warpath ,
- out of mind ,
- out of one's head ,
- out of one's tree ,
- out of one's wit ,
- out wit ,
- over the edge ,
- over-wrought ,
- pottier ,
- pottiest ,
- psychotic ,
- round the bend ,
- screw loose ,
- smoking ,
- turned-out ,
- unbacked ,
- unbalanced ,
- unglued ,
- unreasoning ,
- up set ,
- very upset ,
- worked-up .
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How to use "Demented" in context?
There are many things people may associate with the word "demented." In general, people might think of someone who is mentally impaired or has lost their mind. However, when used specifically in reference to mental illness, the term can connote a more severe form of disability. When someone has a mental illness that leads to noticeable impairments in their ability to think, feel, or behave in a rational manner, they may be said to be "demented."
There are many different types of mental illnesses, each with its own set of symptoms and pathologies.
Paraphrases for Demented:
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Adjective
awesome, hysterical, lunatic, mad, nuts.
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Adjective
Homophones for Demented:
- dented, detent, donated, daunt, demote, doomed, diamante, denominate, dinette, dentate, demode, dimout, deadened, denote, denouement, domed, demimonde, dandy, dainty, de-ionate, de-iodinate, denudate, dmd, diatomite, dominated, diodontidae, dominate, demantoid, diamond, diamonte, denude, danaidae, daunted, damned, dynamite, diminuendo, dimity, donate, day in and day out, demand, deaminate, donut, dimmed, detente, dementia, dante, dine out, diomedeidae, danaid, denuded, dim-witted, detonate, dent, downwind, down-and-out, Detainment, dominion day, day in day out, dead-end, dominant, done with, dead end, dead hand, dimwit, dint.
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