nervous exhaustion

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noun

extreme mental and physical fatigue caused by excessive emotional stress; neurasthenia.

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RELATED WORDS

collapse, depression, neurosis, burnout, crackup, neurasthenia

Nearby words

nervonic acid, nervosity, nervous, nervous bladder, nervous breakdown, nervous exhaustion, nervous indigestion, nervous lobe, nervous nellie, nervous system, nervous wreck

Origin of nervous exhaustion

First recorded in 1925–30

Also called nervous prostration.

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