demeanor, n. 1. conduct, behavior, deportment. See - deportment (defs. 1,2).
2. physiognomy, facial expression, countenance, visage.
demented, adj. 1. insane, crazy, crazed, mad, lunatic, lunatical, deranged; of unsound mind, Latin, non compos mentis, mentally ill; psychotic, schizophrenic, Si. schizo; daft, Inf daffy, unbalanced, touched, Inf. unglued, Inf. half-baked, Brit. SI. bonkers, unhinged, distracted; dazed, moon-struck, possessed, infatuated; odd, peculiar, queer, bizarre, Chiefly Brit. Inf. potty, Inf. dotty, Inf. crackpot; brainsick, SI. kooky, SI. meshuga; All Si balmy, dippy, batty, bats, cuckoo, buggy, bughouse, bugs, screwy, wacky, wacko, goofy, loony, squirrelly, bananas, nuts, nutty, nutty as a fruitcake.
2. out of one's head or mind or senses or wits, Scot. redwood, Si loco, mad as a hatter, mad as a March hare, far-gone, stark raving mad; not all there, not quite right, not right upstairs; Inf out in left field, Si in outer space, Si in orbit, Inf. off the wall; Inf cracked, Inf mental, SI. off one's rocker, SI. out of one's tree, Si off one's trolley, Brit. Si off one's chump; All Si have bats in one's belfry, have a few buttons missing, have a few loose screws.
3. maniacal, hysterical, madding, Archaic, wood, delirious; frantic, frenzied, frenetic; ranting, raving, storming, foaming at the mouth, convulsing; beside oneself, at one's wit's end; out of control, uncontrollable, unrestrainable, corybantic, Inf. haywire, berserk, rabid, wild; violent, stormy, fierce, turbulent.
4. absurd, silly, inane, fatuous, crackbrained,.foolish; irrational, wild-eyed, illogical, unreasonable; senseless, nonsensical, pointless; ridiculous, laughable, ludicrous; asinine, anserine, idiotic, Inf. moronic, im-becilic; childish, puerile, immature.
5. stupid, simple-minded, bird-brained, feebleminded, dull-witted; harebrained, light-minded, lightheaded, giddy; scatterbrained, absent-minded; confused, muddled, bemused.
demimondaine, n. 1. demirep, cocotte, loose woman, fallen woman, harlot, whore, hussy, slut, slattern, tramp, vamp, wanton, white slave, Si bitch, Si broad, Si chippy.
2. prostitute, lady of the evening, woman of the profession, Mrs. Warren, Fr. fille de joie; trollop, strumpet, Archaic, wench, trull, drab, quean, painted woman, woman of the streets, streetwalker, bar girl, Inf. pick-up, call girl, Cyprian; All Si cat, tart, hustler, bim, moll, hooker, floozie, working girl, Brit. Si bird, Mexican Si caliente; madam, bawd, procuress, pander.
3. paramour, courtesan, mistress, concubine, kept woman, Si doxy.
4. temptress, siren, seductress, Jezebel, Delilah; flirt, coquette, minx; adventuress, hetaera.
demise, n. 1. death, decease, expiration; end, termination. See - death (def. 1).
2. Law. transfer, transference, conveyance, alienation, abalienation; making over, transmission, quitclaim, cession, transposition; bequeathal, legacy.
democracy, n. republic, government by the people, representative government, constitutional government, popular government, self-government, commonwealth.
democratic, adj. representative, Jeffersonian, republican, popular, Populist, proletarian, of the people; of, by, and for the people.
demolish, v. 1. raze, tear down, pull down, take down, bring down, break down, throw down, beat down, batter down; cast down, knock down, fling down, hurl down, precipitate, Inf. spill, tumble, topple; fell, lay level, prostrate, level, bulldoze, flatten;