dementedadjective
uk/dɪˈmen.tɪd/us/dɪˈmen.t̬ɪd/unable to think or act clearly because you are extremely worried, angry, or excited by something:
She was nearly demented with worry when her son didn't come home.
old-fashioned or informal crazy:
The man is demented - he's going to wreck the whole operation.
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Becoming too excited and easily upset
- ant
- antsy
- at the end of your tether idiom 1
- at the end of your tether
- be in a whirl idiom
- explosive
- high-strung
- highly strung
- hot under the collar idiom
- hyper
- hyperactive
- hysteria
- sensitive
- shock
- squeamishly
- stomach
- tether
- thin-skinned
- touchy
- worked up
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Anxious and worried
Of unsound mind
dementedly
adverb uk/dɪˈmen.tɪd.li/us/dɪˈmen.t̬ɪd.li/