Hysteria - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|hɪˈstɪrɪə|
Brit.
|hɪˈstɪərɪə|
noun
- state of violent mental agitation (syn: craze, delirium, frenzy, fury)
- excessive or uncontrollable fear
- neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
- excessive or uncontrollable fear
- neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
Extra examples
A few of the children began to scream, and soon they were all caught up in the hysteria.
Wartime hysteria led to many unfair accusations of treachery.
The spreading of the disease caused mass hysteria in the village.
In a fit of hysteria, Silvia blamed me for causing her father's death.
Since the General's death, the population has been gripped by mass hysteria.
He has a wild laugh that sometimes approaches hysteria.
Their grief turned to hysteria when the funeral procession arrived at the cemetery.
There was a touch of hysteria in his frantic busyness.
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