Demented vs Distraught - What's the difference?
demented | distraught |
Insane or mentally ill.
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Suffering from dementia.
Crazy; ridiculous.
(dement)
Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.
As adjectives the difference between demented and distraught
is that demented is insane or mentally ill while distraught is deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.As a verb demented
is (dement).demented
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.}}
- a demented idea
Verb
(head)distraught
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.