Meaning

3 senses

  1. (slang)State of mind; ellipsis of mental state.

    y'all need to fix your mentals

  2. (India, offensive)A mentally challenged person.

  3. A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

Examples

419 sentences

  1. Tom had a mental breakdown.

    У Тома був нервовий зрив. — deniko

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  2. Tom is in a mental institution.

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  3. Tom obviously has severe mental problems.

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  4. Tom has a few mental problems.

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  5. Tom has a history of mental problems.

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Origin

Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, dispositi

Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

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Forms

plural: mentals
Singularmental
Pluralmentals

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
menschmenstrualmenstruationmentalitymentallyB1mentionA2
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