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hysteria

/hɪˈstɛɹiə/noun4 syllables

Hysteria means: state of violent mental agitation.

Synonyms for hysteria6

noun, as in state of violent mental agitation

craze, delirium, frenzy, fury

noun, as in neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions

hysterical neurosis

also used for hysteria

conversion disorder

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What does hysteria mean?3

noun

1

state of violent mental agitation

2

neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions

3

excessive or uncontrollable fear

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hysteria?3

three syllables

four syllables

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Hysteria in a sentence

  • The pandemics turned into a hysteria.Idopauline
  • Tom doesn't know the difference between passion and hysteria.jacoblaguerre

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Forms of hysteria

as a noun

plural
hysterias