Synonyms for hysteric

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : hi-ster-ik

Phonetic Transcription : hɪˈstɛr ɪk

Top 10 synonyms for hysteric

Other synonyms for the word hysteric

Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

Antonyms for hysteric

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