Mentally ill and Unstable

Mentally ill

Mentally ill adjective - Suffering from severe mental illness.
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Unstable is a synonym for mentally ill. In some cases you can use "Unstable" instead an adjective phrase "Mentally ill".

Unstable

Unstable adjective - Suffering from severe mental illness.

Mentally ill is a synonym for unstable in unbalanced topic. You can use "Mentally ill" instead an adjective "Unstable".

Nearby Word: unstably

Both terms in one sentence

  • Series / Cracked (series) Most of the mentally ill people shown are acting violently, but only because the taskforce is called in on police incidents involving emotionally unstable people.
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