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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a bit demented" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that seems slightly crazy or irrational, often in a humorous or light-hearted context.
Example: "After watching that bizarre movie, I felt a bit demented and couldn't stop laughing at the absurdity of it all."
Alternatives: "a little crazy" or "somewhat insane".
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I'm a bit demented.
His arias make him sound a bit demented, and he's the only principal who ends up dead (by his own hand).
On top of everything else, some physical symptoms of Parkinson's — rigidity, tremors, a blank expression (facial masking, it's called), a stooped posture, slow movements, and others — make you look a bit demented even when you're not.
Kane himself described the foxy pencil skirts in washed-out windowpane check, and the exquisite dresses in layers of embroidered pastel chiffon, as "slightly sickly sweet compared to last season, which was a bit demented".
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"That clip is pretty harsh to watch, I did look a bit like a demented chicken.
It also proved to be unforgettable — a bit like a demented nursery rhyme.
At times I felt a bit like Julie's demented old mum, sitting in front of her TV screen and wondering why the bungee jumpers kept bouncing up and down.
I think I was just making a screaming face, looking a little bit like a demented metal-head.
The movie's most memorable phrase ("squeal like a pig") was, however, a demented bit of improv.
"The Black Cat" stars Bela Lugosi as a slightly demented Hungarian psychiatrist just out of a prison camp and Boris Karloff as his enemy, a more than slightly demented Austrian architect.
The final chase sequence can look a bit Harryhausen at times, but that final metal skull attached to one dismembered arm is tremendous – crawling like a demented insect-mutant with a wheezing hydraulic sound.
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