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The synonyms of “Hysteria” are: craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, wildness, feverishness, irrationality
Hysteria as a Noun
Definitions of "Hysteria" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hysteria” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- Neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions.
- An old-fashioned term for a psychological disorder characterized by conversion of psychological stress into physical symptoms (somatization) or a change in self-awareness (such as a fugue state or selective amnesia).
- Excessive or uncontrollable fear.
- Exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement.
- State of violent mental agitation.
Synonyms of "Hysteria" as a noun (7 Words)
| craze | State of violent mental agitation. The new craze for step aerobics. |
| delirium | State of violent mental agitation. She had fits of delirium. |
| feverishness | A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection. |
| frenzy | State of violent mental agitation. Doreen worked herself into a frenzy of rage. |
| fury | Extreme strength or violence in an action or a natural phenomenon. Tears of fury and frustration. |
| irrationality | The state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding. The irrationality of square roots. |
| wildness | An intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature. Why does their mother do nothing to curb their wildness. |
Usage Examples of "Hysteria" as a noun
- The anti-Semitic hysteria of the 1890s.
Associations of "Hysteria" (30 Words)
| allergic | Caused by or relating to an allergy. I m allergic to the hype. |
| bipolar | Of a person suffering from bipolar disorder. A sharply bipolar division of affluent and underclass. |
| crazy | Foolish. Crazy about cars and racing. |
| delirium | An acutely disturbed state of mind characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence, occurring in intoxication, fever, and other disorders. Somewhere a patient shouted in delirium. |
| dementia | A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. |
| enrage | Make (someone) very angry. The students were enraged at these new rules. |
| epilepsy | A neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain. |
| frantic | Conducted in a hurried, excited, and disorganized way. Something frantic in their gaiety. |
| frenetic | Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion. Frenetic screams followed the accident. |
| frenzy | A state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behaviour. Doreen worked herself into a frenzy of rage. |
| furiously | In a manner marked by extreme or violent energy. I was furiously opposed to the cuts. |
| fury | A feeling of intense anger. In a fury he lashed the horse on. |
| hyperactivity | A condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement. Hyperactivity of the thyroid gland. |
| hypersensitive | Easily hurt, worried, or offended. Hypersensitive to pollen. |
| hysterical | Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria. Hysterical laughter. |
| infuriate | Make (someone) extremely angry and impatient. I was infuriated by your article. |
| insane | Shocking; outrageous. She had an insane desire to giggle. |
| ire | A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance. The plans provoked the ire of conservationists. |
| livid | (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity. Lips livid with the hue of death. |
| mad | Make someone mad. He felt as if he were going mad. |
| madden | Cause to go crazy; cause to lose one’s mind. His behavior is maddening. |
| mania | Mental illness marked by periods of great excitement or euphoria, delusions, and overactivity. He had a mania for automobiles. |
| manic | Frantically busy; hectic. The manic interludes in depression. |
| migraine | A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men. An attack of migraine. |
| paranoia | A mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance, typically worked into an organized system. It may be an aspect of chronic personality disorder, of drug abuse, or of a serious condition such as schizophrenia in which the person loses touch with reality. Mild paranoia afflicts all prime ministers. |
| paranoid | A person who is paranoid. You think I m paranoid but I tell you there is something going on. |
| psychosis | A severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality. They were suffering from a psychosis. |
| rabid | Of or connected with rabies. The show s small but rabid fan base. |
| schizophrenia | Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact. Gibraltar s schizophrenia continues to be fed by colonial pride. |
| spinster | Someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads. |