Mentally ill and Sick

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Mentally ill adjective - Suffering from severe mental illness.

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Sick and mentally ill are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sick" instead an adjective phrase "Mentally ill".

Sick adjective - Temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body.

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Mentally ill and sick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mentally ill" instead an adjective "Sick".

Nearby Words: sickly, sicken, sickening, sickness, sicked

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Sick and Mentally ill. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mentally_ill/sick

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Sick or Mentally ill. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mentally_ill/sick.

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