nervous breakdown

The phrase “nervous breakdown” has 4 syllables: ner-vous break-down

It's pronounced as /ˈnɝː.vəs ˈbreɪk.daʊn/


What is synonym and antonym for nervous breakdown?

In the thesaurus, “nervous breakdown” has 30 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for nervous breakdown along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for nervous breakdown

  • agitation
  • alarm
  • alarum
  • anxiety
  • apprehension
  • basket case
  • breakdown
  • burnout
  • clinical depression
  • collapse
  • crack-up
  • depression
  • discomposure
  • disquiet
  • disturbance
  • emotional collapse
  • excitability
  • frazzle
  • freak out
  • freak-out
  • meltdown
  • mental collapse
  • nervous exhaustion
  • nervous prostration
  • nervousness
  • neurasthenia
  • neurosis
  • perturbation
  • shattered nerves
  • tailspin

Antonyms for nervous breakdown

  • aplomb
  • calmness
  • composure
  • coolness
  • imperturbability
  • placidity
  • self-possession
  • sereneness
  • serenity
  • tranquility
  • tranquillity
  • tranquilness

Meanings of nervous breakdown

  • noun
    1. An attack of a psychological disorder such as depression or anxiety so severe that it prevents a person from continuing to function normally.
    2. A psychological disorder usually characterized by panic attacks and aggressiveness, related to the Hispanic ataque de nervios.

Example Sentences

  • The stress of the job eventually led to a nervous breakdown.
  • She took a long vacation after recovering from a nervous breakdown.
  • Witnessing the tragic event nearly caused him to have a nervous breakdown.
  • After weeks of overwork and no rest, she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
  • Counseling helped him cope with the aftermath of his nervous breakdown.

On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nervous breakdown, such as: agitation, alarm, alarum, anxiety, aplomb, apprehension, basket case.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

jimjams

  • agitation
  • anxiety
  • blue Johnnies
  • blue devils
  • butterflies
  • cold creeps
  • cold shivers
  • cold sweat
  • creeps
  • delirium alcoholicum
  • delirium ebriositatis
  • dementia a potu
  • dither
  • edginess
  • fear
  • fidgets
  • frazzle
  • goose bumps
  • goose flesh
  • goose pimples
  • gooseflesh
  • heebie-jeebies
  • horripilation
  • horrors
  • hysteria
  • jitters
  • jumpiness
  • mania
  • nerves
  • nervous breakdown
  • pink elephants
  • pink spiders
  • screaming meemies
  • shakes
  • shivers
  • skittishness
  • snakes in the boots
  • the DTs
  • uneasiness
  • whim-whams
  • willies

jitters

  • agitation
  • all-overs
  • anger
  • animation
  • anxiety
  • butterflies
  • cold sweat
  • creeps
  • delirium
  • discomfiture
  • disquiet
  • disquietude
  • dither
  • dithers
  • edginess
  • excitability
  • fear
  • feverishness
  • fidget
  • fidgets
  • flap
  • fluster
  • frazzle
  • fuss
  • goose bumps
  • heebie-jeebies
  • hysteria
  • impatience
  • jimjams
  • jump
  • jumpiness
  • jumps
  • moodiness
  • nerves
  • nervous breakdown
  • neurasthenia
  • neuroticism
  • perturbation
  • quivers
  • screaming meemies
  • sensitivity
  • shakes
  • shiver
  • shivers
  • skittishness
  • stage fright
  • stimulation
  • stress
  • tenseness
  • tension
  • timidity
  • tizzy
  • to-do
  • touchiness
  • tremble
  • trembles
  • tremulousness
  • turbulence
  • uneasiness
  • whim-whams
  • willies
  • worry

lather

  • ado
  • agitation
  • alarm
  • alarum
  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • bash
  • baste
  • bat
  • batter
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • belabor
  • belt
  • beset
  • birch
  • blackjack
  • bludgeon
  • bother
  • box
  • buffet
  • bung up
  • bust
  • bustle
  • cane
  • chop
  • clamor
  • clobber
  • clout
  • club
  • confusion
  • cowhide
  • crack
  • cream
  • cudgel
  • cuff
  • curry
  • delirium
  • distraction
  • dither
  • do
  • drub
  • dudgeon
  • fever
  • fib
  • flagellate
  • flap
  • flog
  • fluster
  • foam
  • fret
  • froth
  • furor
  • fuss
  • fustigate
  • gore
  • hammer
  • hand-wringing
  • hassle
  • head
  • hide
  • hit
  • hoopla
  • horsewhip
  • hubbub
  • huff
  • hullabaloo
  • hysteria
  • knock
  • lace
  • lacerate
  • lam
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lay on
  • leather
  • lick
  • maim
  • mangle
  • maul
  • mist
  • mousse
  • mutilate
  • nervous breakdown
  • paddle
  • panic
  • paste
  • pelt
  • pique
  • pistol-whip
  • pommel
  • pother
  • pound
  • pummel
  • punch
  • punch out
  • raid
  • rawhide
  • rush
  • scourge
  • scrub
  • scum
  • slam
  • slap
  • slate
  • slog
  • smack
  • smash
  • soap
  • soapsuds
  • sock
  • spank
  • spindrift
  • spray
  • spume
  • state
  • stew
  • storm
  • strap
  • suds
  • surf
  • swat
  • sweat
  • swelter
  • swipe
  • switch
  • swivet
  • tan
  • thrash
  • thresh
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tizzy
  • tromp
  • tumult
  • turbulence
  • turmoil
  • twitter
  • uproar
  • wallop
  • wash
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • work over
  • wound
  • yeast

lathers

  • ados
  • agitations
  • alarms
  • alarums
  • assails
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bats
  • batters
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • belabors
  • belts
  • besets
  • birches
  • blackjacks
  • bludgeons
  • bothers
  • boxes
  • buffets
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • canes
  • chops
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • cowhides
  • cracks
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • deliriums
  • distractions
  • dithers
  • does
  • drubs
  • dudgeons
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flogs
  • flusters
  • foams
  • frets
  • froths
  • furors
  • fusses
  • fustigates
  • gores
  • hammers
  • hand-wringings
  • heads
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • huffs
  • hysterias
  • knocks
  • lacerates
  • laces
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lams
  • lashes
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • licks
  • maims
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • mists
  • mousses
  • mutilates
  • nervous breakdowns
  • paddles
  • panics
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • piques
  • pistol-whips
  • pommels
  • pothers
  • pounds
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • raids
  • rawhides
  • rushes
  • scourges
  • scums
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slates
  • slogs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • socks
  • spanks
  • spindrifts
  • sprays
  • spumes
  • stews
  • storms
  • straps
  • suds
  • surfs
  • swats
  • sweats
  • swelters
  • swipes
  • switches
  • swivets
  • tans
  • thrashes
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • tizzies
  • tromps
  • twitters
  • uproars
  • wallops
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • works over
  • wounds

nerve

  • agitation
  • animate
  • anxiety
  • arm
  • arrogance
  • assumption
  • assurance
  • audaciousness
  • audacity
  • back talk
  • backbone
  • boldness
  • bolster
  • boost
  • bottle
  • brace
  • brashness
  • brass
  • brassiness
  • bravery
  • brazenness
  • butterflies
  • buttress
  • cheek
  • cheekiness
  • cheer
  • chutzpa
  • chutzpah
  • cockiness
  • cojones
  • cold sweat
  • comfort
  • confidence
  • coolness
  • courage
  • courageousness
  • creeps
  • crust
  • daring
  • daringness
  • dauntlessness
  • determination
  • discourteousness
  • disrespect
  • dither
  • doughtiness
  • edginess
  • effrontery
  • embolden
  • encourage
  • endurance
  • energy
  • enforce
  • enhearten
  • face
  • fear
  • fearlessness
  • fiber
  • fidgets
  • firmness
  • force
  • forearm
  • fortify
  • fortitude
  • frazzle
  • gall
  • gallantry
  • gameness
  • goose bumps
  • greatheartedness
  • grit
  • gumption
  • guts
  • gutsiness
  • harden
  • hardihood
  • hardiness
  • heart
  • hearten
  • heebie-jeebies
  • heroism
  • hutzpa
  • hutzpah
  • hysteria
  • impertinence
  • impoliteness
  • impudence
  • incivility
  • inconsiderateness
  • inconsideration
  • insolence
  • inspire
  • inspirit
  • intestinal fortitude
  • intrepidity
  • intrepidness
  • inure
  • invigorate
  • jimjams
  • jitters
  • jumpiness
  • mettle
  • might
  • moxie
  • nerviness
  • nervous breakdown
  • overconfidence
  • pecker
  • perseverance
  • pertness
  • pluck
  • pluckiness
  • poise
  • presumption
  • presumptuousness
  • prowess
  • rally
  • ready
  • reenforce
  • reinforce
  • resolution
  • rouse
  • rudeness
  • sanguinity
  • sass
  • sauce
  • sauciness
  • screaming meemies
  • season
  • self-assurance
  • self-confidence
  • shakes
  • shivers
  • skittishness
  • spirit
  • spunk
  • stamina
  • starch
  • steadfastness
  • steel
  • stir
  • stomach
  • stoutness
  • strengthen
  • support
  • sustain
  • swagger
  • swash
  • temerity
  • temper
  • tenacity
  • toughen
  • uneasiness
  • ungraciousness
  • valor
  • vigor
  • virtue
  • whim-whams
  • will
  • willies

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