1
as in internal
of or relating to the mind
a funny mental image made him laugh out loud
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2
as in psychotic
sometimes offensive
unable to think in a clear or sensible way
He's gone a bitmental after his mother died.
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Recent Examples of mental
The daughters come together after their mother (Geraldine Page) suffers a mental breakdown.
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Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 29 Mar. 2026
In the later stages, the Masters becomes as much a mental battle as a physical one, with momentum swings often determined by a single frame.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
Other benefits that experts have listed include boosting gut health, flushing out toxins, and calming mental stress.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
The pass also covers entrance and day-use fees at federal recreation sites, including national parks, for those with physical, mental, or sensory impairments.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 28 Mar. 2026
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Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 29 Mar. 2026
In the later stages, the Masters becomes as much a mental battle as a physical one, with momentum swings often determined by a single frame.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
Other benefits that experts have listed include boosting gut health, flushing out toxins, and calming mental stress.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
The pass also covers entrance and day-use fees at federal recreation sites, including national parks, for those with physical, mental, or sensory impairments.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mental
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Similarly, each biennial project has its own creative architecture, shaped by its internal dynamics (history of experimentation, venues, budget, working conditions, and founders’ interests) as well as its location (the local culture, languages, regional geopolitics).—
Raphael Fonseca,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Branch managers or internal human resources/labor relations employees handle those conversations.—
Chase Jordan
April 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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The prescriptions for the anti-psychotic medications Nelson required twice daily were slow to be filled and forgotten on a desk in a corporate office.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
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After inheriting her childhood home, an unsuspecting woman becomes the object of her psychotic neighbor’s obsession, spiraling her down a violent path of stalking and possession that can only lead her to an extremely bloody Christmas.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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The plot attends both to twentieth-century horrors, such as Ukraine’s Holodomor, and to what Reed saw coming, in social media’s incessant threat to our inner life.—
Stephanie Burt,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, solar power is far more efficient for most destinations in the inner solar system.—
David W. Brown,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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This is not your $65,000-a-year job, someone who’s a janitor and is trying to talk in a school board meeting who really could lose his job for this opinion, which is insane.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Three years after Steven Yeun and Ali Wong captured the attention of viewers eager to see the culmination of their characters' insane road rage fight, the drama series is back, this time focusing on two couples with a new kind of beef.—
Madeleine Janz,
PEOPLE,
1 Apr. 2026
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There is a long history of women's pain being dismissed by doctors, incorrectly categorized as period pain or rooted in psychological distress.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Plot details are under wraps but according to the spartan official synopsis, the psychological thriller unfolds in a seemingly idyllic and takes audiences on a vertiginous dive into the shifting limits of a sound mind, as grief and obsession take hold.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2026
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Some celebrities have gotten mad at him about the interactions, and some of them laugh about it with him.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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Us senior surfers need to stick together to hold off the hordes of nasty agro kidbots that are violently intent on world domination and the spread of nuclear surf rabies and mad Red Bull disease.—
Corky Carroll,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2026
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If no shelter is available, crawl to an interior wall away from windows.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Elements of the interior architecture have been redesigned, and the result is a characterful blend of old and new.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Bones is a pretty stellar action heroine, if only for her rah-rah speeches and her maniacal laughter in the face of men who seek to control her.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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Even when discussing this premise, his maniacal desire to win seeps through.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Mental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mental. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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