Nervous
121nervous 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,… …
122nervous breakdown — I collapse, neurasthenia, crackup (inf.). See insanity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. nervous prostration, emotional collapse, *burnout, nervous exhaustion, clinical depression, hysteria …
123nervous disease — disorder of the nervous system, disease of the nervous system …
124nervous breakdown — noun the boss s nervous breakdown almost destroyed the company Syn: mental collapse, breakdown, collapse, crisis, trauma; nervous exhaustion, mental illness; informal crack up …
125nervous system — The organized network of nerve tissue in the body. It includes the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord), the peripheral nervous system (nerves that extend from the spinal cord to the rest of the body), and other nerve tissue …
126nervous breakdown — noun a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: ↑breakdown, ↑crack up • Hyponyms: ↑nervous exhaustion, ↑nervous prostration, ↑neurasthenia …
127nervous impulse — noun the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus • Syn: ↑nerve impulse, ↑neural impulse, ↑impulse • Hypernyms: ↑electrical discharge …
128nervous breakdown — {n.} A mild or severe attack of mental illness; a collapse of a person s ability to make decisions and solve problems because of overwork, great mental strain, or the like. * /When the mother saw her baby run over, she suffered a nervous… …
