Definition for Hysteria:

• Functional disturbance of nervous system( esp. of women), characterized by anaesthesia, convulsions, &c., & usu. attended with disturbance of moral& intellectual faculties( formerly thought to be due to disturbance of womb); morbid excitement. [ medieval Latin]

Synonyms for Hysteria:

• n.

  •
  • add,
  • allergy,
  • adhd,
  • acidity,
  • amenorrhoea,
  • alcoholism,
  • acne,
  • amnesia,
  • alopecia,
  • amenorrhea.
  •
  • alarm,
  • apprehension,
  • dread,
  • chill,
  • fear,
  • fright,
  • terror,
  • horror,
  • scare.
  •
  • bedlam,
  • commotion,
  • disturbance,
  • disorder,
  • hubbub,
  • pandemonium,
  • turmoil,
  • tumult,
  • turbulence.
  •craze (noun)
  • craze.
  •delirium (noun)
  • agitation,
  • convulsion,
  • hysterics,
  • fit,
  • nervousness,
  • paroxysm,
  • laughing jag,
  • uproar,
  • crying jag.
  •emotion (noun)
  • emotionalism.
  •excitement (noun)
  • excitation,
  • hoopla,
  • stimulus,
  • melodrama,
  • wildness,
  • motivations,
  • to do,
  • melodramas,
  • TODO.
  •feeling (noun)
  • hysteria.
  •frenzy (noun)
  • blow one stacks,
  • blow fuse,
  • blow ones stack,
  • blow one cork,
  • blow cork,
  • blow tops,
  • blow ones corks,
  • flip one lid,
  • blow ones top,
  • flip lids,
  • flip one's lids,
  • dis-tempers,
  • blow one stack,
  • blow one's tops,
  • out-bursts,
  • blow top,
  • dis temper,
  • blow stack,
  • blow corks,
  • blow one's stacks,
  • dis tempers,
  • blow one's corks,
  • blow one top,
  • dis-temper,
  • flip lid,
  • dis traction,
  • out-burst,
  • blow one tops,
  • dis tractions,
  • flip ones lid,
  • blow ones stacks,
  • out burst,
  • hell broke looses,
  • blow fuses,
  • blow ones tops,
  • out bursts,
  • flip one lids,
  • flip ones lids,
  • dis-traction,
  • blow ones cork,
  • blow one corks,
  • dis-tractions,
  • blow stacks,
  • free for all,
  • blow a fuses.
  •furor (noun)
  • big stinks,
  • out-cries,
  • big scenes,
  • out-cry,
  • out cry,
  • up-roars,
  • up-roar,
  • out cries.
  •fury (noun)
  • fury.
  •hysteria (noun)
  • hysterical neurosis.
  •panic (noun)
  • dis mays,
  • dis-mays,
  • dis-may,
  • dis may.
  •psychical research (noun)
  • divination,
  • astrology,
  • sorcery,
  • necromancy,
  • psychology,
  • hypnotism,
  • telepathy,
  • supernaturalism,
  • soothsaying,
  • spiritualism,
  • mysticism,
  • hallucination,
  • psychoanalysis,
  • psychotherapy,
  • fortune telling.
  •psychopathy (noun)
  • psychopathy.
  •shock (noun)
  • dis-tress,
  • in juries,
  • eyeopener,
  • dis-tresses,
  • eyeopeners,
  • dis tress,
  • traumatisms,
  • in-jury,
  • up-set,
  • up sets,
  • in jury,
  • up-sets,
  • jarrings,
  • dis tresses.
  •state of extreme upset (noun)
  • unreason,
  • feverishness,
  • madness.
  •storm (noun)
  • drumfires,
  • out break,
  • out breaks,
  • rampancies,
  • out-break,
  • rabidities,
  • out-breaks.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • confusion.

Paraphrases for Hysteria:

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    hysterical.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    frenzy.

Antonyms for Hysteria:

• n.

  • state of extreme upset
    control, Collectedness.
  • Other antonyms:
    calmness, calm, stillness, quietude, restfulness, placidity, Tranquilness, Sereneness, still, tranquillity, quiet, peacefulness, repose, serenity, peace.

Hysteria Sentence Examples:

• Sort of hysteria, I suppose.

• Samuel Willard's fifteen alarming pages about an unfortunate young woman suffering with hysteria.

Hyponym for Hysteria:

• n.

  • feeling
    fright, fear, fearfulness.