Synonyms for meltdown
Most common
mental breakdown nervous breakdown melty crash nuclear meltdown tantrum
All synonyms
Noun
1. Nervous breakdown — (Sudden) loss of control over one's behaviour, emotions, etc.; (countable) an instance of this. Synonym of…
nervous breakdown, mental breakdown, melty
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
(Sudden) loss of control over one's behaviour, emotions, etc.; (countable) an instance of this. Synonym of nervous breakdown (“an attack of a psychological disorder such as anxiety or depression which is so severe that it prevents a person from continuing to function normally”); also (loosely), a situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
Related words
- Word family
- melty
- Phrases
- nuclear meltdown
Forms
- Plural
- meltdowns → melties, tantrums, crashes…
Example sentences
- crash There was a chain-reaction crash during rush hour.
- tantrum The child threw a tantrum because he wanted the toy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| meltdown | rising | |
| melty | steady | |
| crash | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- crash1, melty
- 7 letters
- tantrum2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tantrum2 = 2 syllables).