Meanings
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.
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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 casserole browns.
2020 October 3, Jessica Grose, “Mother’s Little Helper Is Back, and Daddy’s Partaking Too”, in New York Times
plural neurasthenics
- datedhuman sciencesA person who has neurasthenia.
Origin
From neurasthenia + -ic or neur- + asthenia + -ic. By surface analysis, neur- (“nerve”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ic (“adjective suffix”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan neurastènic
- neurastènicpertaining to neurasthenia
Dutch zenuwlijder
- zenuwlijderperson who has neurasthenia
Finnish neurasteeninen, neurasteenikko
- neurasteeninenpertaining to neurasthenia
- neurasteenikkoperson who has neurasthenia
French neurasthénique
- neurasthéniquepertaining to neurasthenia
German neurasthenisch, Neurastheniker
- neurasthenischpertaining to neurasthenia
- Neurasthenikerperson who has neurasthenia
- Neurasthenikerinperson who has neurasthenia
Irish néaraistéineach
- néaraistéineachpertaining to neurasthenia
Italian nevrastenico
- nevrastenicopertaining to neurasthenia
Russian неврастени́ческий, неврасте́ник
- неврастени́ческий (nevrasteníčeskij)pertaining to neurasthenia
- неврасте́ник (nevrasténik)person who has neurasthenia
Spanish neurasténico, neura
- neurasténicopertaining to neurasthenia
- neurapertaining to neurasthenia
- neurasténicoperson who has neurasthenia
- neuraperson who has neurasthenia
- neurasperson who has neurasthenia
Welsh niwrasthenig
- niwrasthenigpertaining to neurasthenia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with neurasthenic
Cite this entry
neurasthenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neurasthenic
“neurasthenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neurasthenic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neurasthenic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neurasthenic.
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