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extreme mental and physical fatigue caused by excessive emotional stress; neurasthenia. Also called nervous prostration.[1925-30]
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nervous exhaustion
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nervous exhaustion — noun an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work • Syn: ↑nervous prostration • Hypernyms: ↑nervous breakdown * * * extreme mental and physical fatigue caused by excessive emotional stress; neurasthenia. Also called nervous… … Useful english dictionary
nervous breakdown — [n] mental collapse burnout*, crackup*, depression, emotional collapse, nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration, shattered nerves; concept 410 … New thesaurus
nervous breakdown — Synonyms and related words: brain disease, breakdown, circulatory collapse, collapse, crack up, crackup, emotional disorder, emotional instability, exhaustion, frayed nerves, frazzled nerves, functional nervous disorder, insanity, jangled nerves … Moby Thesaurus
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exhaustion — ex|haus|tion [ıgˈzo:stʃən US ˈzo:s ] n [U] 1.) extreme tiredness with exhaustion ▪ He collapsed with exhaustion. ▪ Sheer exhaustion forced him to give up. ▪ Many runners were suffering from heat exhaustion (=when you become tired and ill because… … Dictionary of contemporary English
nervous */*/ — UK [ˈnɜː(r)vəs] / US [ˈnɜrvəs] adjective Metaphor: When you feel nervous it is like being pulled, tied or stretched tightly. When you relax, it is like becoming loose again. I was feeling a bit tense. ♦ I find running is a good way to release… … English dictionary
nervous — nerv|ous [ nɜrvəs ] adjective ** 1. ) feeling excited and worried, or slightly afraid: ANXIOUS: Driving on icy mountain roads makes me nervous. get nervous: I got very nervous waiting for my turn to be called. nervous about: She was nervous about … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
nervous — adjective 1 worried or frightened about something that may happen so that you cannot relax (+ about): I was so nervous about my exams that I couldn t sleep (+ of): Jill s always been a little nervous of dogs. 2 often becoming worried or… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
exhaustion — Synonyms and related words: abatement, ablation, absorption, assimilation, attenuation, attrition, blunting, breakdown, burning up, cachexia, cachexy, chronic ill health, circulatory collapse, cleaning out, clearance, clearing, collapse,… … Moby Thesaurus
nervous prostration — Synonyms and related words: breakdown, circulatory collapse, collapse, crack up, crackup, draining, exhaustedness, exhaustion, frayed nerves, frazzled nerves, jangled nerves, nervous breakdown, nervous exhaustion, neurasthenia, neurosis,… … Moby Thesaurus
