nervous strain

Noun

Meaning

(psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

strain mental strain

Hypernyms

nervousness nerves

Hyponyms

stress tension tenseness

Examples

The nervous strain was far heavier in the case of our men who carried out the executions than in that of their victims. From the psychological point of view they had a terrible time. Paul Blobel

The real stumbling-block of totalitarian regimes is not the spiritual need of men for freedom of thought it is men's inability to stand the physical and nervous strain of a permanent state of excitement, except during a few years of their youth. Simone Weil

his responsibilities were a constant strain Source: Internet

the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nervous prostration nervous pudding nervous Purvis nervous system nervous system disease nervous system tissue