mental+suffering

  • 31suffering — I noun 1. a state of acute pain (Freq. 11) • Syn: ↑agony, ↑excruciation • Derivationally related forms: ↑excruciate (for: ↑excruciation), ↑ …

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  • 32mental illness — a disorder of one or more of the functions of the mind (such as emotion, perception, memory, or thought), which causes suffering to the patient or others. If the sole problem is that the individual s behaviour as a whole is out of line with… …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 33suffering — suf|fer|ing [ˈsʌfərıŋ] n [U and C] serious physical or mental pain ▪ the suffering of the refugees after the war ▪ the pain and suffering caused by road accidents …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34mental —    mad    Literally, pertaining to the mind:     Non U mental/U mad. (Ross, 1956)    To be mentally challenged is not to be solving a difficult crossword:     . . . the general for specific euphemism sick is frequently used to describe someone… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 35suffering — suf|fer|ing [ sʌfərıŋ ] noun count or uncount * mental or physical pain or problems: The embargo has caused a lot of suffering to ordinary people. She told of her sufferings at the hands of her oppressors …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 36suffering — noun (C, U) physical or mental pain and difficulty, or an experience of this: the suffering of innocent people during a war …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 37mental — adj. Mental is used with these nouns: ↑ability, ↑activity, ↑age, ↑agility, ↑agony, ↑anguish, ↑arithmetic, ↑asylum, ↑attitude, ↑block, ↑breakdown, ↑calculati …

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  • 38mental\ laxative — the inability to keep your thoughts (mainly negative) in your head, having no couth When he told his girlfriend she looked fat in her dress, he was suffering from mental laxative …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 39mental\ laxative — the inability to keep your thoughts (mainly negative) in your head, having no couth When he told his girlfriend she looked fat in her dress, he was suffering from mental laxative …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 40mental disease —    obsolete    syphilis    A common usage in the days when those with third degree syphilis, along with dipsomaniacs, formed the majority of those in lunatic asylums:     ... even in 1966 Winston s son Randolph referred to his grandfather as… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms