🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

rovina nervosa

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rovina nervosa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nervous Wreck/ˈnɜːrvəs rɛk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Dopo l'esame, si sentiva una rovina nervosa."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is extremely anxious or stressed, often to the point of being unable to function normally.

    "After the final exams, she felt like a nervous wreck."
  2. 2

    A state of extreme anxiety or distress.

    "He was a nervous wreck before his job interview."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'nervous wreck' combines 'nervous', derived from the Latin 'nervosus' meaning 'sinewy, vigorous', and 'wreck', from Old English 'wrecan', meaning 'to drive out, to punish'. The phrase evolved in the 20th century to describe someone who is extremely anxious or stressed, often to the point of being unable to function normally.

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