nervous breakdown
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nervous breakdown
noun nervous breakdowns
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An attack of a psychological disorder such as anxiety or depression which is so severe that it prevents a person from continuing to function normally.
1887, George Gissing, Thyrza
There was organic disease, and there was what is vaguely called nervous breakdown; it was too clear that Mr. Newthorpe must count upon very moderate activity either of mind or body henceforth.
Similar: meltdown, mental breakdown
- A psychological disorder usually characterized by panic attacks and aggressiveness, related to the Hispanic ataque de nervios.
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noun attack of a psychological disorder
| Español | ataque de nervios, colapso nervioso, crisis nerviosa, chiripiolca, chiripiorca |
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| 中文 | 神經衰弱 /神经衰弱 shénjīng shuāiruò |
| Português | ataque de nervos, crise nervosa |
| Français | crise de nerfs |
| Deutsch | Nervenzusammenbruch |
| Italiano | esaurimento nervoso |
| Ελληνικά | νευρικός κλονισμός nevrikós klonismós |
| Русский | не́рвный срыв nérvnyj sryv |
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