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Antonyms for hysteric
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : hi-ster-ik |
Phonetic Transcription : hɪˈstɛr ɪk |
Definition of hysteric
Origin :- 1650s, from Latin hystericus, from Greek hysterikos "belonging to the womb" (see hysterical). As a noun from 1751.
- As in neurotic : adj mentally maladjusted
- As in mirth : noun great joy
- As in paroxysm : noun seizure, spasm
- As in rage : noun extreme anger
- As in tantrum : noun fit
- As in hysteria : noun state of extreme upset
- Gertrude bending over me in hysteric screams—so they told me afterwards.
- Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
- Miss Corelli's force is hysteric, but it is sometimes very real.
- Extract from : « My Contemporaries In Fiction » by David Christie Murray
- After that, evidently the first attack of hysteric character followed.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
- Red Jim stumbled to his feet with an inarticulate and hysteric exclamation.
- Extract from : « Susy, A Story of the Plains » by Bret Harte
- In hysteric inversions of motion is some other part too much stimulated?
- Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin
- "Git down there, you hysteric son of a gun," he said to the horse.
- Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn
- It was succeeded by a quick, hysteric laugh, and then a dead silence.
- Extract from : « Openings in the Old Trail » by Bret Harte
- I juggle with temperamental and psychic Twos and experiment in hysteric additions.
- Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane
- Dr. Holmes calls it, "Valerian, calmer of hysteric squirms."
- Extract from : « Old-Time Gardens » by Alice Morse Earle
- Well-being is a panacea for the tiqueur no less than for the hysteric.
- Extract from : « Tics and Their Treatment » by Henry Meigne
Synonyms for hysteric
- aberrant
- abnormal
- acerbity
- acrimony
- agitation
- amusement
- anger
- animosity
- anxious
- apoplexy
- asperity
- attack
- basket case
- bitterness
- blowup
- bluster
- bundle of nerves
- cheer
- cheerfulness
- choked
- choler
- clutched
- compulsive
- conniption
- convulsion
- convulsions
- dander
- delirium
- deviant
- disordered
- disoriented
- distraught
- disturbed
- entertainment
- erratic
- eruption
- exasperation
- excitement
- explosion
- ferment
- ferocity
- festivity
- feverishness
- fireworks
- fit
- flare-up
- frenzy
- frivolity
- frolic
- frothing
- fuming
- fun
- furor
- fury
- gaiety
- gall
- gladness
- glee
- happiness
- heat
- hemorrhage
- hilarity
- huff
- hung up
- hysteria
- hysteric
- hysterics
- indignation
- inhibited
- ire
- irritation
- jocularity
- jocundity
- jollity
- joviality
- joyousness
- kicks
- laughs
- laughter
- levity
- lightheartedness
- madness
- mania
- manic
- merriment
- merrymaking
- mirth
- nervous
- nervous wreck
- nervousness
- obsession
- obsessive
- outbreak
- outburst
- overwrought
- panic
- paroxysm
- passion
- pleasure
- psychoneurotic
- rage
- rampage
- raving
- rejoicing
- resentment
- revelry
- spasm
- spleen
- sport
- squall
- storm
- tantrum
- temper
- temper tantrum
- umbrage
- unhealthy
- unreason
- unstable
- uproar
- upset
- uptight
- vehemence
- violence
- wax
- whoopee
- wingding
- wired
- wrath
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