Synonyms of nervous breakdown

nervous breakdown

noun

as in breakdown

a mental or nervous collapse

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• breakdown
• tailspin
• disturbance
• anxiety
• crack-up
• meltdown
• excitability
• nervousness
• basket case
• agitation
• disquiet
• alarm
• perturbation
• freak-out
• apprehension
• alarum
• frazzle
• discomposure

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tranquillity
• composure
• coolness
• serenity
• calmness
• tranquility
• aplomb
• imperturbability
• placidity
• tranquilness
• sereneness
• self-possession

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nervous breakdown

In that way, this sculpture’s appearance foreshadows the nervous breakdown that caused de Saint Phalle to be committed, with her consent, to a mental institution. —Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024

Can’t a girl have a nervous breakdown/trial separation/midlife crisis/death/divorce in peace around here?! —Liza Esquibias, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024

For some, watching Adams’ Mother on the verge of a nervous breakdown may trigger PTSD. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024

The entire affair smelled like a quasi-constitutional coup attempt authored by a desperate head of state whose intensive bickering with the National Assembly over everything from budgets to investigations had induced a nervous breakdown. —Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024