NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

Meaning of NERVOUS BREAKDOWN in English

( nervous breakdowns)

If someone has a nervous breakdown , they become extremely depressed and cannot cope with their normal life.

His wife would not be able to cope and might suffer a nervous breakdown.

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — noun Date: 1905 an attack of mental or emotional disorder especially when of sufficient severity to require hospitalization
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — noun also nervous prostration 1. : neurasthenia 2. : a case of neurasthenia she had a nervous breakdown last year
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — (not in technical use) any disabling mental disorder requiring treatment. [ 1900-05, Amer. ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — emotional crisis
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — Date: 1905 : an attack of mental or emotional disorder especially when of sufficient severity to require hospitalization
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — Function: noun Date: 1905 : an attack of mental or emotional disorder especially when of sufficient severity to require hospitalization
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — ■ noun a period of mental illness resulting from severe depression or stress.
Concise Oxford English vocab
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — [nervous breakdown] n (1905): an attack of mental or emotional disorder esp. when of sufficient severity to require hospitalization
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — (also break·down ) noun a period of mental illness in which sb becomes very depressed, anxious and tired, and cannot …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — ˌnervous ˈbreakdown BrE AmE noun [countable] a mental illness in which someone becomes extremely anxious and tired and cannot deal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — (~s) If someone has a ~, they become extremely depressed and cannot cope with their normal life. His wife would …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At twenty, in Budapest, he suffered a complete nervous breakdown , which he conquered through …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — Synonyms and related words : brain disease, breakdown, circulatory collapse, collapse, crack-up, crackup, emotional disorder, emotional instability, exhaustion, frayed nerves, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — {n.} A mild or severe attack of mental illness; a collapse of a person's ability to make decisions and solve …
Slang English vocab
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — Function: noun an emotional disorder often characterized by depression, tenseness, irritability, headache, and susceptibility to fatigue FF1C; worked and worried …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — noun an emotional disorder often characterized by depression, tenseness, irritability, headache, and susceptibility to fatigue worked and worried himself into …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — 25B6; noun (MENTAL) COLLAPSE, breakdown, crisis, trauma; nervous exhaustion, mental illness; informal crack-up.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — {n.} A mild or severe attack of mental illness; a collapse of a person's ability to make decisions and solve …
Словарь английских идиом
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — (See breakdown)
English Idioms vocab
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — See breakdown
English Idioms vocabulary
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — n. A mild or severe attack of mental illness; a collapse of a person's ability to make decisions and solve …
American Idioms English vocabulary
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — расстройство нервной системы нервное расстройство
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — нервное расстройство, поражение нервной системы
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — нервное расстройство
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — нервное расстройство
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — нервное расстройство, поражение нервной системы
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — нервное расстройство, поражение нервной системы
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — срыв нервной деятельности; манифестация психоза
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN — расстройство нервной системы нервное расстройство
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
NERVOUS — nervosi (-tá), timid. NERVOUS SYSTEM: sistema nerval
English interlingue dictionary
BREAKDOWN — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: break down 1. : the action or result of breaking down ; especially …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NERVOUS — ˈnərvəs, -ə̄v-, əiv- adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin nervosus sinewy, vigorous, energetic, from nervus sinew, nerve + -osus -ose …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NERVOUS — (a.) Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever.
Английский словарь Webster
NERVOUS — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NERVOUS — — nervously , adv. — nervousness , n. /nerr"veuhs/ , adj. 1. highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NERVOUS — adjective Date: 14th century 1. archaic : sinewy , strong 2. : marked by strength of thought, feeling, or style …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NERVOUS — adj sensitive; excitable; timid. 2. nervous ·adj possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. 3. nervous ·adj of or pertaining to the …
Webster English vocab
BREAKDOWN — noun the act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall. 2. breakdown ·noun any rude, noisy dance …
Webster English vocab
NERVOUS — nervous BrE AmE ˈnɜːv əs AmE \ ˈnɝːv əs ▷ nervous|ly li ▷ nervous|ness nəs nɪs ▶ ˌ nervous ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BREAKDOWN — breakdown BrE AmE ˈbreɪk daʊn ▷ breakdown|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NERVOUS — / ˈnɜːvəs; NAmE ˈnɜːrvəs/ adjective 1. nervous (about / of sth) anxious about sth or afraid of sth : Consumers …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREAKDOWN — / ˈbreɪkdaʊn; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] an occasion when a vehicle or machine stops working : a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NERVOUS — ner ‧ vous S3 W3 /ˈnɜːvəs $ ˈnɜːr-/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ nervous , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BREAKDOWN — break ‧ down /ˈbreɪkdaʊn/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [uncountable and countable] the failure of a relationship or system breakdown …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NERVOUS — adj. 1 having delicate or disordered nerves. 2 timid or anxious. 3 a excitable; highly strung; easily agitated. b resulting …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NERVOUS — adj. 1 having delicate or disordered nerves. 2 timid or anxious. 3 a excitable; highly strung; easily agitated. b resulting …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NERVOUS — adj.1 having delicate or disordered nerves. 2 timid or anxious. 3 a excitable; highly strung; easily agitated. b resulting from …
Oxford English vocab
NERVOUS — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If someone is nervous , they …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREAKDOWN — ( breakdowns) 1. The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending. ...the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NERVOUS — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a complete nervous breakdown ▪ He had a complete nervous after leaving university. a nervous …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BREAKDOWN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NERVOUS — [adjective]Do you feel nervous (= worried or slightly frightened) during exams?He's a quiet, nervous man who doesn't like meeting new …
Cambridge English vocab
BREAKDOWN — noun 1 mechanical failure ADJECTIVE ▪ mechanical BREAKDOWN + VERB ▪ occur BREAKDOWN + NOUN ▪ service ( BrE ) …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NERVOUS — See ↑ FRIGHTENED/FRIGHTENING 7, ↑ NERVOUS 1,3, ↑ WORRIED/WORRYING 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a nervous/jealous etc disposition • ↑ be …
Longman Activator English vocab
NERVOUS — INDEX: 1. nervous 2. to be nervous 3. someone who is often or always nervous 4. a feeling of being …
Longman Activator English vocab
NERVOUS — adj. 25B6; adjective a nervous woman : HIGHLY STRUNG, anxious, edgy, tense, nervy, excitable, skittish, brittle, neurotic; timid, mousy, shy, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREAKDOWN — n. 25B6; noun the breakdown of the negotiations : FAILURE, collapse, disintegration, foundering. on the death of her father she …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NERVOUS — adj. 1 highly-strung, excitable, sensitive, tense, agitated, wrought up, worked up, upset, flustered, ruffled, disturbed, perturbed, distressed, worried, anxious, troubled, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BREAKDOWN — n. 1 collapse, downfall, failure, foundering; destruction, ruin There was a breakdown of our computer system The arbitrators blamed a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
NERVOUS — adjective 1 BAD : Thinking she might be hurt, I felt very nervous. GOOD : Thinking she might be hurt, …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
NERVOUS — прил. 1) крепкий, мускулистый, сильный Syn : sinewy, strong 1., vigorous 2) живой, энергичный, выразительный (о стиле) Syn : spirited …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREAKDOWN — сущ. 1) полный упадок сил, здоровья nervous breakdown ≈ нервное расстройство, поражение нервной системы 2) распад; развал 3) поломка механизма, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NERVOUS — nervous.ogg ʹnɜ:vəs a 1. анат. нервный, относящийся к нервам nervous system tissue - нервная система ткань 2. мед. нервный, нервозный, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREAKDOWN — breakdown.ogg 1. ʹbreıkdaʋn n 1. 1> поломка механизма, машины; авария 2> нарушение движения ( на железной дороге и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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