Mental and Silly

Mental

Mental adjective - Of or relating to the mind.

Silly and mental are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Silly" instead an adjective "Mental".

Nearby Words: mentality, mentally, mentation

Silly

Silly adjective - Lacking in seriousness or maturity.

Mental and silly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mental" instead an adjective "Silly".

Nearby Word: silliness

Both words in one sentence

  • Beware the Silly Ones He might act like a silly ass, natter on about his mouse's birthday, and compulsively make jokes, but you should never underestimate his mental or physical capabilities. Ever.
  • Theatre / The Ring of the Nibelung Hence the rather silly looking Horny Vikings costumesnote which Wagner’s wife Cosima famously compared to "Red Indian chiefs" and settings that still inform most people’s mental image of the Ring.
  • No Mere Windmill Buffy stopped trying to explain the very real threat of vampires after her mother had her put in a mental hospital for believing such silly "delusions".
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