nervous exhaustion

N n

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈnɜr vəs ig-ˈzȯs-chən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈnɜr vəs ig-ˈzȯs-chən/

Definitions of nervous exhaustion words

noun nervous exhaustion extreme mental and physical fatigue caused by excessive emotional stress; neurasthenia. 1
noun nervous exhaustion an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work 0

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Origin of nervous exhaustion

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Nervous exhaustion

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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nervous exhaustion popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for nervous exhaustion

noun nervous exhaustion

burnout — If someone suffers burnout, they exhaust themselves at an early stage in their life or career because they have achieved too much too quickly.
clinical depression — depression in a patient that meets defined criteria and that is deemed to merit treatment
crackup — a cracking up
neurasthenia — Psychiatry. (not in technical use) nervous debility and exhaustion occurring in the absence of objective causes or lesions; nervous exhaustion.

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