hysteric
/hɪsˈtɛɹɪk/
hysteric adjective: hysterical; relating to hysteria.
Adjective
hysteric (comparative more hysteric, superlative most hysteric)
- Hysterical; relating to hysteria.
- Yes, my dravving-room is an abſolute regiſter-office for candidate actors, and poets vvithout character;—then to be continually alarmed vvith Miſſes and Ma'ams piping hiſteric changes on Juliets and Dorindas, Pollys and Ophelias; […]1781, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Critic: Or A Tragedy Rehearsed […], London: […] T[homas] Becket, […], →OCLC, Act I, scene i, pages 4–5
- We also find gamblers of this type among some frigid hysteric women, who seem to treat gambling as they treat men, coldly and spongingly.1969, Edmund Bergler, Selected Papers of Edmund Bergler, 1933-1961, page 697
Noun
hysteric (plural hysterics)
- A hysterical person.
- “Which girl was it now?” he asks a second time. ¶ “Oh, you know, the hysteric,” Eleanor says, “the one who was parading her bazooms in your face.”1956, Norman Mailer, The Man Who Studied Yoga
hysteric meaning in Kannada
hysteric in Kannada
- ಹಿಸ್ಟೀರಿಯಾ ರೋಗಿ, ಚಿತ್ತೋನ್ಮಾದಗ್ರಸ್ತ
Forms of hysteric
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more hysteric |
| superlative | most hysteric |
| alternative form (obsolete) | hysterick |
| Noun | |
| plural | hysterics |
Origin of hysteric
From Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”).
Words formed from hysteric
Words that rhyme with hysteric
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Questions about hysteric
- What does hysteric mean?
- Hysteric means hysterical; relating to hysteria.
- What is hysteric in Kannada?
- Hysteric in Kannada is ಹಿಸ್ಟೀರಿಯಾ ರೋಗಿ, ಚಿತ್ತೋನ್ಮಾದಗ್ರಸ್ತ. See Hysteric meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is hysteric?
- Hysteric can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce hysteric?
- Hysteric is pronounced /hɪsˈtɛɹɪk/.
Words near hysteric in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hysteric (page history and authors); hysteric (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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