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- DictionaryHys·te·ri·a/həˈsterēə/
noun
- 1. exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement: "mass hysteria erupts as the people crowd in to view the race"
- 2. an old-fashioned term for a disorder characterized by neurological symptoms often accompanied by exaggeratedly or inappropriately emotional behavior, originally attributed to disease or injury of the nervous system and later thought to be functional or psychological in origin.
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Synonyms for HYSTERIA: frenzy, rampage, rage, delirium, agitation, fury, fever, furor; Antonyms of HYSTERIA: calm, still, peace, tranquillity, calmness, tranquility, serenity, quietude.
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noun. These are words and phrases related to hysteria. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of hysteria. The doctor gave her a shot to calm her hysteria. Synonyms. emotional outburst. hysterics. delirium. fit. frenzy. uncontrolled fear. panic. uncontrolled weeping.
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any uncontrolled emotional state, such as of panic, anger, or excitement. No one could help getting carried away by the hysteria. Synonyms. frenzy. Something like a frenzy enveloped them. panic. The earthquake has caused panic among the population. madness. The country was in a state of madness.
Synonyms for HYSTERIA: delirium, excitement, frenzy, craze, madness, agitation, feverishness, mania, rage, hysterics, insanity, hysterical neurosis; Antonyms for HYSTERIA: calm, calmness, sereneness, control, self-possession.
Listen: UK:* /hɪˈstɪəriə/ definition | Conjugator | in Spanish | in French | in context | images. hysteria. WordReference English Thesaurus © 2024. Synonyms: frenzy, hysterics, fit, crying jag. Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement. Recent forum discussions about thesaurus entries:
Synonyms of hysteria. 1. : a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceralsense 4) functions. 2. : behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess. political hysteria.
