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I'm a neurotic Jew who doesn't want loans. I can't even carry a balance on my credit card without having a nervous breakdown.
Duff Goldman

Meaning of "nervous breakdown" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nervous breakdown is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NERVOUS BREAKDOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mental breakdown

Mental breakdown is a colloquial term for an acute, time-limited psychiatric disorder that manifests primarily as severe stress-induced depression, anxiety or dissociation in a previously functional individual, to the extent that they are no longer able to function on a day-to-day basis until the disorder is resolved. A mental breakdown is defined by its temporary nature, and often closely tied to psychological burnout, severe overwork, sleep deprivation and similar stressors, which combine to temporarily overwhelm an individual with otherwise sound mental faculties. A mental breakdown also shares many symptoms with the acute phase of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Definition of nervous breakdown in the English dictionary

The definition of nervous breakdown in the dictionary is any mental illness not primarily of organic origin in which the patient ceases to function properly, often accompanied by severely impaired concentration, anxiety, insomnia, and lack of self-esteem; used esp of episodes of depression.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

nerves
Nervi
nervier
nerviest
nervily
nervine
nerviness
nerving
nervosity
nervous
nervous energy
nervous exhaustion
nervous Nellie
nervous system
nervous wreck
nervously
nervousness
nervular
nervule
nervuration

WORDS THAT END LIKE NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

backdown
breakdown
communication breakdown
countdown
crackdown
down
go down
hold down
kickdown
knockdown
lockdown
lookdown
low-down
markdown
showdown
shutdown
smackdown
takedown
up and down
up-and-down

Synonyms and antonyms of nervous breakdown in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «NERVOUS BREAKDOWN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «nervous breakdown» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of nervous breakdown

Translation of «nervous breakdown» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

Find out the translation of nervous breakdown to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nervous breakdown from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nervous breakdown» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

精神崩溃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crisis nerviosa
570 millions of speakers

English

nervous breakdown
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नर्वस ब्रेकडाउन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

انْهِيارٌ عَصَبِيٌّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нервный срыв
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esgotamento nervoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্নায়ুবৈকল্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dépression nerveuse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerosakan saraf
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nervenzusammenbruch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

神経衰弱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신경 쇠약
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gangguan saraf
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

suy nhược thần kinh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நரம்பு முறிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिंताग्रस्त यंत्रातील बिघाड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sinir krizi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esaurimento nervoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

załamanie nerwowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нервовий зрив
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cădere nervoasă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νευρικός κλονισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

senuwee-ineenstorting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nervsammanbrott
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nervøst sammenbrudd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nervous breakdown

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NERVOUS BREAKDOWN»

The term «nervous breakdown» is regularly used and occupies the 70.656 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NERVOUS BREAKDOWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nervous breakdown

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10 QUOTES WITH «NERVOUS BREAKDOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word nervous breakdown.
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Frank Bruno
If you say you've had a nervous breakdown or things aren't right mentally, people run away from you. They think you're from 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest,' you know.
2
Art Buchwald
A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it.
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Robert Carlyle
The first thing you should know about me is when I was three years old my mother left me and my father. And that was traumatic obviously for my father - he suffered a nervous breakdown at that time in his life.
4
Brian Cox
My mother Molly had a nervous breakdown after my father Chic died, aged 50. He was a very generous man who ran a shop in Dundee giving a lot of people tick. When he died, a lot of people hadn't paid their bills, so he died with a lot of debt. After he died, my mother went doolally.
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Roald Dahl
Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset.
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Jacques Derrida
The boarding-school experience in Paris was very hard, I didn't put up with it very well. I was sick all the time, or in any case frail, on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
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Paul Feig
With a suit, even if you're having a nervous breakdown, you still look like you're in charge.
8
Jane Fonda
I was so devastated by my second divorce that I had a nervous breakdown.
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Andy Gibb
I have been to hell and back. I had a very, very bad nervous breakdown.
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Duff Goldman
I'm a neurotic Jew who doesn't want loans. I can't even carry a balance on my credit card without having a nervous breakdown.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NERVOUS BREAKDOWN»

Discover the use of nervous breakdown in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nervous breakdown and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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1973 Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol, and the Birth of ...
From landmark movies such as The Exorcist, Mean Streets, and American Graffiti to seminal books such as Fear of Flying and Gravity's Rainbow, from the proto-punk band the New York Dolls to the first ever reality TV show, The American Family ...
Andreas Killen, 2008
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Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown
This text analyzes the director Pedro Almodovar's insights into gender, sexuality and subjectivity in his film "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown".
Peter William Evans, British Film Institute, 1996
3
How Everyone Became Depressed: The Rise and Fall of the ...
These are, he writes, diseases of the entire body, not the mind, and as was recognized as early as the 1600s. Shorter traces the evolution of the concept of "nerves" and the "nervous breakdown" in western medical thought.
Edward Shorter, 2013
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Once Upon a Nervous Breakdown
Between dealing with her mother's failing health, her five-year-old son, her new housemate, her ex-husband who is now "out of the closet," and her re-entry into the dating scene, Jennifer Costas fears for her own mental stability.
Patrick Sanchez, 2007
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During My Nervous Breakdown I Want to Have a Biographer Present
Poems.
Brandon Scott Gorrell, Ellen Kennedy, 2009
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Teenage Nervous Breakdown
First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
David Walley, 2013
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Woman On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
Lorna Martin's life is in chaos and she needs to make some big changes.
Lorna Martin, 2008
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
For voice and piano, with chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams.
‎2012
9
Notes from the nervous breakdown lane: cartoons
A collection of the best cartoons by the well-known postcard artist is subtly nightmarish, sneaking the surreal into everyday circumstances, with a nostalgic style from the Forties and Fifties, and a twist of Eighties distortion
Ken Brown, 1985
10
Nervous Breakdown - Its Cause and Cure
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
W. B. Wolfe, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NERVOUS BREAKDOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nervous breakdown is used in the context of the following news items.
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Labour is not having a full-blown nervous breakdown. Yet...
What we are currently witnessing is not a full scale nervous breakdown but a political party experiencing a delayed (some might say overdue) ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Donald Trump at US-Mexico border: Tycoon jets in to Laredo 'to …
The panic in the party about Mr Trump seemed set to enter nervous breakdown territory after he said in an interview that he may bolt the fold ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
'Samba' Review: 'Intouchables' Followup Is a Shiny Rom-Com With …
Charlotte Gainsbourg plays an alpha-female businesswoman who's had a nervous breakdown and now volunteers at the immigration center. «TheWrap, Jul 15»
4
Charlie Hunnam Still Feels Really Bad About Quitting 'Fifty Shades …
I just had like ... frankly, something of a nervous breakdown." While Hunnam may have been trying to do the character of Christian Grey justice ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
5
Demi Lovato's 'Cool for the Summer' Gets Even Cooler With This …
... all about being on the edge of a nervous breakdown after dealing with people all day. Relatable stuff: No wonder the trio's performance at the ... «TIME, Jul 15»
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Titus Andronicus: The Most Lamentable Tragedy review – sprawling …
On the one hand, the album's story is based in Stickles's own experience of a nervous breakdown and depressive illness, and the singer ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Tour news: Florence and the Machine
... DJ Zane Lowe that the runaway success of her first two albums had led to to a battle with drinking and "a little bit of a nervous breakdown". «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
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'Kitchens of the Great Midwest': Just something J. Ryan Stradal …
He's also the fiction editor at literary website the Nervous Breakdown. In his other life, he was a story editor for unscripted TV shows on VH1, ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
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Humble beginnings: an unnervingly moving portrait of Melvyn Bragg
... the twin shadows in his life: first, the nervous breakdown he suffered at the age of just 13, and second, the suicide of his first wife, Lisa Roche. «New Statesman, Jul 15»
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Tales of Jellyfish by Janice Galloway; tales of motherhood and other …
As in her acclaimed first novel The Trick Is To Keep Breathing, which details an anorexic schoolteacher having a nervous breakdown, Galloway ... «The Independent, Jul 15»

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