mental
involving the mind or an intellectual process
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,172 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,103 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- involving the mind or an intellectual process mental images of happy timesmental calculations
- of or relating to the mind mental powersmental development
- of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks
- of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw also: genial
- affected by a disorder of the mind a mental patientmental illness
mental in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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My mental arithmetic had done me credit.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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He pleaded and writhed in bodily and mental pain.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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A man often envies another man his physical qualities--rarely his mental.
Crankisms · Lisle de Vaux Matthewman · Chapter 1
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He shrank, in his mental and physical discomfort, from this isolation with her.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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In these respects they follow the current which carries a multitude of their elders to mental inefficiency and waste of power.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1