nervous exhaustion
noun
extreme mental and physical fatigue caused by excessive emotional stress; neurasthenia.
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Also called nervous prostration.
Origin of nervous exhaustion
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby nervous exhaustion
nervonic acid, nervosity, nervous, nervous bladder, nervous breakdown, nervous exhaustion, nervous indigestion, nervous lobe, nervous Nellie, nervous system, nervous wreck
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