hysteric
Origin of hysteric
1Other words from hysteric
- an·ti·hys·ter·ic, noun, adjective
Words that may be confused with hysteric
- hysterics , histrionics
Words Nearby hysteric
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How to use hysteric in a sentence
Think of the fearless suffragists, who were deemed hysteric.
Declared Insane for Speaking Up: The Dark American History of Silencing Women Through Psychiatry | Kate Moore | June 22, 2021 | TimeOr, they could distort the contents of the bill and attack anyone who disagreed with them as a legal Luddite and hysteric.
Are Opponents of Arizona's Anti-Gay Law Eager to Deceive? | Kirsten Powers | March 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn Bates Motel, Vera Farmiga masterfully transforms a would-be harridan into a new kind of protagonist: the sensual hysteric.
‘Bates Motel’: Ken Tucker Praises Vera Farmiga’s Knife-Sharp Performance | Ken Tucker | May 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn short, he was still perfectly maintaining that biblical "is he a prophet, is he a hysteric" look.
The same holds true for the hysteric in whom also, of course, the subconscious takes hold of the inner life.
Psychotherapy | Hugo Mnsterberg
This was followed by a bustle among the servants, and screams as of a person in an hysteric fit.
The Blue Jar Story Book | Maria EdgeworthThere was a sort of glorying in its deep tone; it was not the hollow hysteric of shame and despair—it spoke a sanguine joyousness!
Night and Morning, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lyttonhysteric shudders were shaking her every few seconds, and her eyes were blinded with weeping.
In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim | Frances Hodgson BurnettShe laughed, as she said it, a little hysteric laugh, with suddenly moist eyes.
In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim | Frances Hodgson Burnett
British Dictionary definitions for hysteric
/ (hɪˈstɛrɪk) /
a hysterical person
hysterical
Origin of hysteric
1- See also hysterics
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