neurasthenic
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˌnʊərəˈstɛnɪk/
- Archaic
- They are also inscribed specifically on the body of the "progressive" or decadent artist -- urban, indulgent, contagious, neurasthenic, 31 feminized.
Examples
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Audible, perhaps, the strains of a neurasthenic harp.
Fiction book (1997) -
The largest number of patients is women suffering from neurasthenic prostration.
Fiction book (1993) -
Your present condition is entirely neurasthenic.
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"That Sue," she pronounces, "is a neurasthenic asshole."
Fiction book (1990) -
Classic neurasthenic pattern.
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Doctors noted the importance of sleep in building up "nerve force" in neurasthenic patients, urging also that insomnia be combatted by artificial means if necessary.
Academic text (1996) -
He simply couldn't get the hang of our sophisticated, neurasthenic, fucked-up expressions, even though he tried; for the most part, he watched us as though we were actors performing on a stage.
Fiction book (2002) -
It has something of Laforgue's neurasthenic vitality, which is not found in Prufrock's stiff eternal Footman.
Academic text (1991) -
After months of working long hours without proper rest, she felt entirely neurasthenic and overwhelmed.
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The therapist recommended practices to help manage the symptoms experienced by neurasthenic patients, such as guided relaxation.
Synonyms
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1.0
Needing rest or sleep because you have little energy
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2.0
Very tired and completely used up for a person or thing after using all energy
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4.4
Very tired after doing too much work for a long time
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4.1
Feeling very tired and having no energy
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9.9
A person who is slow in thinking and low in energy
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9.9
Very tired in both body and mind from long trouble or hard work
Very tired because of too much work or travel
Feeling very tired and unable to do much
Feeling very tired and unable to do much
How Exhausted
Surface Forms
Morphology
neurasthenic = neurasthenia (opaque) = neurasthenia + ic
Formation by adding the adjectival suffix '-ic' to a Greek-derived medical noun; the base is technical and not obvious to general learners.
Etymology
Neurasthenic comes from Greek parts neuron ('nerve') and asthenia ('weakness'), a term doctors in the late 1800s used for 'nervous exhaustion'. That's why something described as neurasthenic relates to nervous weakness or long-lasting tiredness of the body and mind.