Antonyms for neurasthenia
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : noo r-uh s-thee-nee-uh, nyoo r- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌnʊər əsˈθi ni ə, ˌnyʊər- |
Definition of neurasthenia
Origin :- "nervous exhaustion," 1854, medical Latin, from neur- (form of neuro- before a vowel) + asthenia "weakness" (see asthenia). Related: Neurasthenic.
- As in nerves : noun extreme anxiety
- As in nervous breakdown : noun mental exhaustion
- As in nervousness : noun anxious state
- As in neurosis : noun mental disturbance, disorder
- As in breakdown : noun nervous collapse
- As in jitters : noun nervous restlessness
- Our time is certainly not worse off on the score of neurasthenia than its predecessors.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
- It is a perfect paradise for anyone who has not got neurasthenia.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
- Hazlitt's attraction to Rachel in the face of her neurasthenia did not confuse him.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- The neurasthenia of the defendants he pursued in courts annoyed him only slightly.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- The politer word, to be used chivalrously, was "neurasthenia."
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- This would seem to have been a case of hypnotism, rather than neurasthenia.
- Extract from : « Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood » by J. Conway Walter
- This, I am told by an authority, was a case of neurasthenia, or nerve-paralysis.
- Extract from : « Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood » by J. Conway Walter
- Neurasthenia is the "fatigue neurosis," as a leading expert terms it.
- Extract from : « Preventable Diseases » by Woods Hutchinson
- It was produced by every guest in the room whispering loudly, "Neurasthenia!"
- Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry
- So she drifts into neurasthenia and has fits of crying and periods of melancholia.
- Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague
Synonyms for neurasthenia
- aberration
- abnormality
- affliction
- agitation
- all-overs
- anger
- animation
- basket case
- breakdown
- burnout
- butterflies
- clinical depression
- cold sweat
- collapse
- compulsion
- crack-up
- crackup
- creeps
- delirium
- depression
- derangement
- deviation
- discomfiture
- disintegration
- disquiet
- disquietude
- disruption
- dithers
- emotional collapse
- excitability
- failure
- feverishness
- fidget
- fidgets
- flap
- fluster
- fretfulness
- fuss
- hysteria
- imbalance
- impatience
- inhibition
- insanity
- instability
- irritation
- jitters
- jump
- jumps
- madness
- maladjustment
- mental collapse
- mental illness
- mishap
- moodiness
- nervous exhaustion
- nervous prostration
- nervousness
- neurasthenia
- neurosis
- neuroticism
- obsession
- personality disorder
- perturbation
- phobia
- psychasthenia
- psychological disorder
- psychopathy
- quivers
- sensitivity
- shakes
- shattered nerves
- shiver
- sleeplessness
- stage fright
- stimulation
- strain
- stress
- tenseness
- tension
- timidity
- tizzy
- to-do
- touchiness
- tremble
- trembles
- tremulousness
- turbulence
- uneasiness
- willies
- worry
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