neurasthenic
Syllables: neur·as·then·icUK/ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθɛnɪk/US/ˌnʊɹəsˈθɛnɪk/
neurasthenic adjective: of or pertaining to neurasthenia; that is, tendencies of a person who has suffered a nervous breakdown.
Adjective
neurasthenic (comparative more neurasthenic, superlative most neurasthenic)
- Of or pertaining to neurasthenia; that is, tendencies of a person who has suffered a nervous breakdown.
- They agreed to have no more family gatherings due to their father's neurasthenic presence.
- Middle-class parents’ self-medication has long been recreationalized, even romanticized in America (so long as they were white); think of sitcom dads pouring a drink and sinking into the BarcaLounger after a long day with Bob in accounting, or neurasthenic moms popping pink capsules while the...2020 October 3, Jessica Grose, “Mother’s Little Helper Is Back, and Daddy’s Partaking Too”, in New York Times
Noun
neurasthenic (plural neurasthenics)
- A person who has neurasthenia.
Forms of neurasthenic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more neurasthenic |
| superlative | most neurasthenic |
| Noun | |
| plural | neurasthenics |
Origin of neurasthenic
From neurasthenia + -ic or neur- + asthenia + -ic. By surface analysis, neur- (“nerve”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ic (“adjective suffix”).
Words formed from neurasthenic
Words that rhyme with neurasthenic
- autogenic
- schizophrenic
- Hellenic
- heterogenic
- photogenic
- allergenic
- angiotenic
- anthropogenic
- biogenic
- cacogenic
- cariogenic
- catagenic
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- dysgenic
- eugenic
- hypoallergenic
- mutagenic
- oncogenic
- pathogenic
- phrenic
- pyrogenic
- selenic
- telegenic
- anogenic
- antigenic
- asthenic
- callisthenic
- carcinogenic
- cinegenic
- cryogenic
- cytogenic
- dissociogenic
- dynamogenic
- fennec
- fibroadipogenic
- galenic
- haemogenic
- hallucinogenic
- ketogenic
- lactigenic
- linolenic
- multiantigenic
- neuritogenic
- nonleukemogenic
- ontogenic
- paratenic
- prothrombogenic
- spermatogenic
- sthenic
- supramitogenic
- thermogenic
- thiophenic
- thrombogenic
- toxicogenic
- tungstenic
- typhogenic
- zoogenic
Questions about neurasthenic
- What does neurasthenic mean?
- Neurasthenic means of or pertaining to neurasthenia; that is, tendencies of a person who has suffered a nervous breakdown.
- What part of speech is neurasthenic?
- Neurasthenic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce neurasthenic?
- Neurasthenic is pronounced /ˌnʊɹəsˈθɛnɪk/ (US).
Words near neurasthenic in the dictionary
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