nervous breakdown

nervous breakdown

n.

A severe or incapacitating emotional disorder, especially when occurring suddenly and marked by depression. Not in scientific use.

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nervous breakdown

Noun

a mental illness in which the sufferer ceases to function properly, and experiences symptoms including tiredness, anxiety, and deep depression

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nervous breakdown - a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder crack-up, breakdown - a mental or physical breakdown nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration - an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work neurasthenia - nervous breakdown (not in technical use)

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nervous breakdown

noun collapse, breakdown, crack-up (informal) neurasthenia (obsolete) nervous disorder

Translations

nervous breakdown n → crisis f nerviosa

nervous breakdown nervous n → dépression nerveuse

nervous breakdown nervous n → Nervenzusammenbruch m

nervous breakdown n → esaurimento nervoso