hysterics
Britishnoun
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an attack of hysteria
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informal wild uncontrollable bursts of laughter
Example Sentences
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Hysterics, of course, supply what theatre demands—words driven by emotions.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 23, 2015
New Yorker sportswriter John Tunis made a compelling argument in his 1928 book $port$: Heroics and Hysterics that America’s sporting institutions were powered by something he called The Great Sports Myth.
From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2015
IMMORAL: Hysterics and Art are only relations by marriage.
From Fables For The Times by Sullivant, T. S. (Thomas Starling)
Hysterics and hartshorn! who would have thought it?
From Omoo by Melville, Herman
Hysterics won't restore Lady Calmady to health, or bring Sir Richard back to England, home, and duty, or be a ha'porth of profit to yourself or any other created being.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas
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