hysterics

/ (hɪˈstɛrɪks) /


noun(functioning as plural or singular)
  1. an attack of hysteria

  2. informal wild uncontrollable bursts of laughter

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How to use hysterics in a sentence

  • Briefly—Joan's silk tent had been torn, and the girl was in a state bordering upon hysterics.

    Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon Blackwood
  • Boyson saw clearly that excitement and anger had struck down her nervous power, that she might faint or go into hysterics.

    Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • At any rate, he had waked up the whole floor and scared Miss Quirley almost into hysterics.

    The Woman Gives | Owen Johnson
  • The chapel became a place of weeping, and some, after gazing intently upon the preacher, fell down in hysterics.

    Robert Moffat | David J. Deane
  • Marriage will not cure hysteria,—the worst cases are married women, and they beget other hysterics in spreading succession.