mental
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- intellectual, cerebral
- insane, deranged, disturbed, mad, mentally ill, psychotic, unbalanced, unstable

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Contrasted words: bodily, corporal, corporeal, physical, somatic, perceptive, sensual, sensuous
Related Words: immaterial, inner, spiritual, telepathic, intelligent, rational, reasoning, thinking, ideological

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

See main entry: -ment

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

men‧tal S2 W2 AC /ˈmentl/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: mentality; adverb: mentally; adjective: mental]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens 'mind']

1. [only before noun] relating to the health or state of someone’s mind ⇒ psychiatric:
The centre provides help for people suffering from mental illness.
Stress has an effect on both your physical and mental health.

2. [only before noun] relating to the mind and thinking, or happening only in the mind:
a child’s mental development
You need to develop a positive mental attitude.
mental picture/image (=a picture that you form in your mind)
I tried to get a mental picture of him from her description.

3. make a mental note to make a special effort to remember something:
Sarah made a mental note to ask Janine about it later.

4. mental block a difficulty in remembering something or in understanding something:
I got a complete mental block as soon as the interviewer asked me a question.

5. go mental British English spoken informal
a) to get very angry
b) to start behaving in an uncontrolled or excited way

6. [not before noun] British English informal thinking or behaving in a way that seems crazy or strange:
He must be mental!
—mentally adverb:
I was exhausted, both physically and mentally.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

mental
adjective
BAD: Modern society provides us with material comforts but very few mental rewards.
GOOD: Modern society provides us with material comforts but very few spiritual rewards.

Usage Note:
mental = affecting or taking place in the mind: 'People who have had mental illnesses are often unwilling to talk about them.'
spiritual = connected with the part of a person which has very deep thoughts and feelings: 'African music has a spiritual quality which is often lacking in Western music.'

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