Definitions for hysteria

hysteria hys·te·ri·a

Spelling: [hi-ster-ee-uh, -steer-]
IPA: /hɪˈstɛr i ə, -ˈstɪər-/

Hysteria is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 433 anagrams from letters in hysteria (aehirsty).

Definitions for hysteria

noun

  1. an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
  2. Psychoanalysis. a psychoneurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks, disturbances of sensory and motor functions, and various abnormal effects due to autosuggestion.
  3. Psychiatry. conversion disorder.

Origin of hysteria

First recorded in 1795-1805; hyster(ic) + -ia

Examples for hysteria

In short, you think what I saw was merely the result of woman's hysteria?

Mrs. Wilcox had been overtired by the shopping, and was inclined to hysteria.

But this time I can plainly hear, through the rush of words, the faint rattle of hysteria that bespeaks a screw loose somewhere.

There was no instruction, no direction—there was an overwhelming stampede and hysteria.

I thought this was an appropriate observation and still do, despite the hysteria my saying so has ignited on the right.

At the time, before ISIS had conquered Mosul, the second-largest city in Iraq, the attack evoked outrage but not hysteria.

It is often also due to hysteria and consequently pathological.

Even for Daniel Radcliffe, the rumor mill has reached Elevatorgate-levels of hysteria.

By evening Mrs. Page had worked herself into a state bordering on hysteria.

And she ran off, sobbing, into the little guignol, where she had an attack of hysteria.

Word Value for hysteria
Scrable

14

Words with friends

12

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