mental
/ˈmɛnt(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈmɛnt(ə)l/
mental
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men - tal -> mental
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ စိတ်နှင့်ဆိုင်သော။ စိတ်။ an enormous mental effort ❍ a mental process/calculation/image ❍ The experience caused him much mental suffering. ❍ make a mental note of sth (ie fix sth in one's mind to be remembered later).
၂။ စိတ်။ စိတ်ရောဂါ။ mental handicap/illness/problems/health ❍ a mental hospital/nurse/patient.
၃။ (infml derog ) ရူး [သော]။ You must be mental to drive so fast!
❏ mental age n [C usu sing ] ဉာဏ်သက်။ She is sixteen but has a mental age of five.
❏ mental arithmetic n [U] စိတ်တွက်သင်္ချာ။
❏ mentally /'mentǝli / adv စိတ်တွင်။ စိတ်ဖြင့်။ mentally alert /ill/ retarded ❍ I was mentally composing the letter I would write later.
More examples
- It is clear that mental activity does not stop when we’re asleep.
- [mental picture/image] : I had a complete mental picture of the building I wanted to create.
- Mental agility/development
- Mental health problems
- He suffered a complete mental collapse.
- He was in good health both physically and mentally.
- Mentally ill
Synonyms
cerebral, mind, psychological, rational, intellectual, abstract, brainy, clairvoyant, conceptual, deep, deranged, disturbed, emotional, fruity, heavy, ideological, imaginative, immaterial, inner, insane, intellective, loco, lunatic, mad, maniac, mentally ill, mindless, mysterious, non compos mentis, nuts, nutsy, perceptual, phrenic, psychiatric, psychic, psychical, psychotic, reasoning, spiritual, subconscious, subjective, subliminal, telepathic, thinking, thoughtful, unbalanced, unreal, unstable
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