hysterics
hysterics is the plural of hysteric.
Meaning of hysteric
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
Noun
hysterics pl (plural only)
- Synonym of hysteria
- But when they went to tread down the earth, it seemed to her like sacrilege; and, forgetting every thing in one strong emotion, she sprang forward to prevent it. The effort was too much; and, for the first time, she sank back in the arms of the servants in strong hysterics!1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Last Night with the Dead”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 317
- "How such swooning daughters can do it, constantly fainting and having hysterics, is a mystery to me," said Muriel Jane. "Ho, they're a pretty sly lot," said Silvander Dan.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 24
- Synonyms:
- hysteria
Synonyms of hysterics
Words formed from hysterics
Questions about hysterics
- What does hysterics mean?
- Hysterics means synonym of hysteria.
- What is hysterics the plural of?
- Hysterics is the plural of hysteric.
- What part of speech is hysterics?
- Hysterics is a noun.
Words near hysterics in the dictionary
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