mental case

/ˌmɛntl keɪs/
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Other forms: mental cases

Definitions of mental case
  1. noun
    a person suffering from neurosis
    synonyms: neurotic, psychoneurotic
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    claustrophobe
    a person suffering from claustrophobia
    hysteric
    a person suffering from hysteria
    obsessive
    a person who has obsessions
    obsessive-compulsive
    a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics
    psychopath, sociopath
    someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
    type of:
    diseased person, sick person, sufferer
    a person suffering from an illness
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