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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of nervous breakdown

Set in 1960s Italy, Sally Bishop (Monroe) and her husband travel to a remote villa in the wake of Sally’s nervous breakdown. —Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024

As Greenberg, a carpenter on the back end of a nervous breakdown, Stiller lets his normally muscular shoulders slump forward and his eyes refuse to light up with their famous blueness. —Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024

George's lawyer had said the student left Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu and transferred to another high school in a different Houston area district after suffering a nervous breakdown over the thought of facing another year of punishment. —CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024

Broke and suffering a nervous breakdown, the title character moves in with her sister (Sally Hawkins) and blows up her life, too, affecting relationships and finally ending up with the only person who'll deal with her. —Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024