Synonyms for Hysteria:
n.
adhd, acne, amenorrhoea, amnesia, alopecia, acidity, add, alcoholism, amenorrhea, allergy. dread, apprehension, scare, terror, horror, alarm, chill, fear, panic, fright. disturbance, hubbub, pandemonium, tumult, commotion, bedlam, turbulence, turmoil, disorder. •delirium (noun)confusion, excitement, fit, hysterics, crying jag, uproar, paroxysm, laughing jag, convulsion, nervousness, agitation.
•hysteria (noun)
delirium, frenzy, fury, hysterical neurosis, craze.
•insanity (noun)
frenzy, nuttiness, lunacy, neurosis, insanity, craziness, battiness, psychosis, derangement, madness, feverishness, kookiness, brain-sickness, mania, delirium, dementia.
•mirth (noun)
hysterics.
•psychical research (noun)
mysticism, spiritualism, hallucination, psychology, supernaturalism, necromancy, soothsaying, psychoanalysis, divination, astrology, sorcery, psychotherapy, telepathy, hypnotism, fortune telling.
•state of extreme upset (noun)
feverishness, frenzy, hysterics, madness, delirium, agitation, nervousness, panic, excitement.
Other synonyms:
confusion. •Other relevant words:
fright, terror, alarm, hysterics, hysterical neurosis, craze, excitement, agitation, apprehension, turmoil, disturbance, convulsion, disorder, confusion, nervousness, fury, fear, horror, dread, panic.
Usage examples for hysteria
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I have no doubt it was: I have had plenty of experience of hysteria since, and it is the most dreadful disorder that exists. – Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
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I- No, Leslie, it wasn't hysteria you may be sure of that, she said deliberately. – The Hollow of Her Hand by George Barr McCutcheon
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Oh, please- The woman's voice was on the edge of hysteria – The Cuckoo Clock by Wesley Barefoot