📚 noun • entry_id 34546
nervous breakdown
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ataque de nervios • chiripiolca • chiripiorca • colapso nervioso • crisis nerviosa
An attack of a psychological disorder such as depression or anxiety 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 ac…
1915, P. G. Wodehouse, Something New ...will you kindly think up at your earliest convenience some plan for politely ejecting this Mr Chalmers of yours from our humble home?--becau…
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