MENTAL

[adjective] [not gradable] - of or about the mind, or involving the process of thinkingHe's planning to take a holiday for mental relaxation.His physical and mental health had got worse.Many people suffer from some form of mental illness during their lives.She had a mental picture (= a picture in her mind) of how the house would look when they finished decorating it.Compare physical (BODY).(informal) Mental can be used to describe someone who acts in a foolish or stupid way.Laura's planning to cycle from Brighton to Edinburgh - she must be mental!A person's mental age is a measurement of their ability to think when compared to the average person's ability at that age.Although Andrew is twenty-five, he has a mental age of six.Mental arithmetic is calculations that you do in your mind, without writing down any numbers.I always use a calculator when I add things up because I've never been any good at mental arithmetic.If you have a mental block about something, you cannot understand it or do it because something in your mind prevents you.He's got a mental block about names - he just can't remember them.Mental cruelty is behaviour that causes extreme unhappiness to another person but which does not involve physical violence.She divorced her husband on the grounds of mental cruelty.Mental handicap is dated for learning difficulties.See at learn.A mental hospital is dated or informal for psychiatric hospital.See at psychiatry.If you make a mental note of something, you make certain you will remember it in the future.I made a mental note of her address.