NERVOUS BREAKDOWN Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

nervous breakdown

noun

Definition of nervous breakdown

as in breakdown

a mental or nervous collapse you're going to have a nervous breakdown if you keep up that pace

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Recent Examples of nervous breakdown In 1944 her parents divorced, and 10-year-old Gloria was left to take care of her mother, a once-promising journalist who struggled to combine her work with running a household and who eventually suffered a nervous breakdown. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Lives of the Saints by Nancy Lemann Everyone in recent college grad Louise Brown’s life is having a full-on nervous breakdown. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026 Embodied by Maradona, successive Argentinean national teams played with flair and toughness and an element of chaos, often on the edge of nervous breakdown. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026 After suffering a nervous breakdown and being taken care of by Marlon Brando’s daughter Cheyenne in Tahiti, Jones eventually returned to his life as a mogul of music, television and magazines. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for nervous breakdown

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Noun

The increasing frequency and severity of combinations like drought and flooding are what climate breakdown is all about.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026
There are no obvious Oscar reels here, monologues or breakdowns.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

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