attack of nerves

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• attack — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 violence against sb ADJECTIVE ▪ brutal, frenzied, horrific, savage, serious, vicious, violent ▪ unprovoked …   Collocations dictionary

• attack — at|tack1 W1S2 [əˈtæk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(violence against somebody/something)¦ 2¦(in a war)¦ 3¦(criticism)¦ 4¦(illness)¦ 5¦(emotion)¦ 6¦(attempt to stop something)¦ 7¦(sport)¦ 8¦(damage)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• nerves — Synonyms and related words: agitation, apprehensiveness, attack of nerves, buck fever, case of nerves, excessive irritability, fear, fidgetiness, fidgets, morbid excitability, nervosity, nervous stomach, nervousness, panic, panickiness, spell of… …   Moby Thesaurus

• attack*/*/*/ — [əˈtæk] verb I 1) [I/T] to use violence against a person or place It was shortly before midnight when the terrorists attacked.[/ex] Two prison officers were brutally attacked with a knife.[/ex] 2) [T] to strongly criticize someone or something… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• nerves — noun 1. an uneasy psychological state (Freq. 3) he suffered an attack of nerves • Syn: ↑nervousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑nervous (for: ↑nervousness) …   Useful english dictionary

• nerves — n. nervousness 1) an attack; bundle of nerves mental state 2) to fray, frazzle smb. s nerves; to get on smb. s nerves 3) to calm, settle one s nerves 4) frayed, frazzled; steady; strong; taut; weak nerves misc. 5) to have nerves of steel ( to be… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Attack, vasovagal — A reflex of the involuntary nervous system called the vasovagal reaction that leads the heart to slow down (bradycardia) and, at the same time, it affects the nerves to the blood vessels in the legs permitting those vessels to dilate (widen). The …   Medical dictionary

• Vasovagal attack — A reflex of the involuntary nervous system called the vasovagal reaction that leads the heart to slow down (bradycardia) and, at the same time, it affects the nerves to the blood vessels in the legs permitting those vessels to dilate (widen). The …   Medical dictionary

• nerve — noun 1 in the body ADJECTIVE ▪ pinched (AmE), trapped (BrE) ▪ sensitive ▪ damaged ▪ facial, optic, sciatic …   Collocations dictionary

• agitation — Synonyms and related words: ado, aggravation, all overs, angst, animation, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, arousal, arousing, attack of nerves …   Moby Thesaurus

• buck fever — Synonyms and related words: agitation, apprehensiveness, attack of nerves, case of nerves, excessive irritability, fear, fidgetiness, fidgets, morbid excitability, nerves, nervosity, nervous stomach, nervousness, panic, panickiness, spell of… …   Moby Thesaurus