Synonyms for mentally ill
men·tally ill

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1. mentally ill, unsound, unstableadjective

   suffering from severe mental illness

   "of unsound mind"

   Synonyms:
   bad, unfit, fallacious, unstable, precarious, unsound, fluid

   Antonyms:
   sane

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1. Kyle Dugger:

   When insanity is raised as a defense, the jury can return a verdict of guilty, not guilty, not guilty by reason of insanity, or guilty but mentally ill.

2. Judge Jeanine Pirro:

   We don't know that this guy [Fox News Christmas tree arson suspect] was mentally ill, everybody wants to say, 'Oh, they're mentally ill, they're crazy.' I think they're evil … there's a big difference … There's nothing that indicates he's necessarily mentally ill. Maybe he's off his rocker – I wouldn't climb up that tree. But you know, that's just me.

3. White House:

   It's not the politician's fault when someone acts out their evil intention, quite frankly, it's ridiculous to try and make those connect in some way. You have to blame the people here who pulled the trigger. Those are the ones who are evil, those are the ones who are sick and mentally ill and those are the ones who have to be dealt with.

4. Bob Grant:

   The district attorney will argue although the defendant is mentally ill, he is not insane under the law, and society deserves its pound of flesh from him.

5. Harry Reid:

   We can do something about this sad, violent reality, we can expand gun background checks and prevent the mentally ill and criminal from buying guns. Is that asking too much? The people support it. It has bipartisan support. We should act to save lives by expanding background checks.