Definition of hysteric in English:

hysteric

noun hɪˈstɛrɪkhəˈstɛrɪk

1hystericsinformal A wildly emotional and exaggerated reaction.
the widow had hysterics and the inquest was wrapped up quickly
Example sentencesExamples
- And you know intellects are most prone to emotional distress, as proven by your own hysterics.
- Peter's wink sent Jes right back into convulsions and minor hysterics.
- I admit unashamedly I'd like for this statement to be met with grand hysterics, someone to shriek out ‘DON'T DO IT!’
- Some ragas such as Darbari-kanhara, Khamaj and Pooriya are strongly recommended for defusing tension in mind, particularly in case of hysterics.
- She played a sullen nutcase prone to hysterics and evil giggles.
- She got a second Oscar nod, as Best Supporting Actress, for her wildly funny hysterics in Allen's Husbands and Wives.
- Through it all, though, Utidjian is superb, capable of generating power not from volume or hysterics, but from the subtlest expression.
- Lopez is completely inept when it comes to playing out the hysterics that this mellow-dramatic insipid thriller so often demands of her.
- But then I recalled our parking lot hysterics of this weekend and my angry words to him about how he can't be bothered to read my writing.
- But his mission is complicated by Louis' quirks and emotional hysterics.
- I'm prone to hysterics and don't think clearly.
- When frenzy and hysterics threaten, just keep telling yourself that smiling's a better facial aerobic than frowning.
- Again: why should I take these hysterics seriously?
- Then, with the camera still rolling, there was general hysterics and the question ‘Does Derek win the twenty pounds?’
- Sadly for Burnside, such hysterics are less impressive when introduced by a diarist who lacks the wit to spell check her ‘murmour’ ed offerings.
- And the young actress doesn't rely on hysterics and overacting (as others might) to convey Maria's desperation.
- It would simply be helpful if the neighbours could resign themselves to an approximately similar exercise, with fewer tantrums and hysterics.
- If I went to a crowded place I would go into hysterics because everyone's voices and emotions were pounding inside my skull.
- Heck, we even had a great time at my brother's wedding - no hysterics or drama (well, there was behind the scenes, but more on that later).
Synonyms
hysteria, wildness, feverishness, irrationality, frenzy, loss of control, loss of reason
neurosis, delirium, derangement, mania, distress, mental distress
British informal the screaming abdabs/habdabs
1. 1.1 Uncontrollable laughter.
  they began to giggle and fled upstairs in hysterics
  Example sentencesExamples
  GW's facial expressions had us in constant hysterics and the quote of the night had to have been calling the terrorists ‘haters’.
  He was a real wind up merchant with a wicked sense of humour - he had everyone in hysterics and he will be very sadly missed.
  Ollie falls backwards in hysterics onto the bed and promptly falls off, stepping right onto his laptop which had been left open on the floor.
  DJ and Michael go into fits of hysterics, rolling around on the floor.
  Kayla laughed in hysterics as her skates slid up under her and she landed on her bottom.
  Or maybe they're all quietly doubled up in hysterics behind me.
  Like a woman loosing all sanity, I began to laugh in hysterics.
  I was laughing in hysterics, yet utterly disgusted!
  The audience was in hysterics and applauding their heads off and I think they were on their feet, which was rare back then.
  I'm in hysterics right now over the useful British phrases.
  For some reason, that put me and my friends Dan and Ali in hysterics.
  As we passed it around, reading aloud, we were in hysterics.
  Perhaps the worst thing about this show was not the acts themselves, but the fact that the audience was in hysterics.
  Candace doubled up with laughter and lay on the floor in hysterics, still in control of the beam.
  Marty and his gang had gone into hysterics at her slight tantrum.
  I was literally rolling on the floor in hysterics.
  His emotions took hold and he burst into hysterics, warranting a quick response from the Takavaran commander.
  I was in hysterics of course, and as a joke I said the temperature the next day would probably be six degrees across the nation.
  But eventually it made it to Canada, where my teenaged friends and I would watch it in total hysterics after school.
  And then all the male guests returned to the stage, each of them bare-chested too, as the audience went into hysterics.
  Synonyms
  fits of laughter, gales of laughter, peals of laughter, uncontrollable laughter, convulsions, fits, guffawing, howling
  informal stitches, hooting
  rare cachinnation
2A person suffering from hysteria.
Example sentencesExamples
- Thank goodness there aren't any hysterics around here.
- These are stagy comic types: the critic, the fop, and the hysteric.
- Mabel, who could easily have been turned into a hysteric, is handled sympathetically.
- As a hysteric, she highlights the insights that psychoanalysis can offer - and its shortcomings - in understanding black female subjectivity.
- Brother Egbert responded in the calm, patient tone of someone addressing a hysteric.
- The Dialogues concern a young noblewoman, Blanche de la Force, an hysteric afraid of just about everything.
- Spontaneous outbursts, to his mind, are for fools, hysterics and chat show guests.
- For these reasons, she is an incurable hysteric.
- A hysteric who seems paraplegic behaves as if he has forgotten that he has legs; he has lost the mental representation of a part of his body.
- But is this an essential and important difference between the hysteric and the artist?
- While some German critics decry her as an eloquent hysteric, others praise her cold yet incisive observations of human lives and loves.
- By Christensen's era, religion gave way to science, and a new form of otherness evolved: the female hysteric.
- Who do these hysterics think they are persuading?
- Going into that conversation I tended to view all the big pushers of regime change as warmongers, hysterics or trouble-makers.
- A lot of people accused him of being a hysteric, a hypochondriac, a man who exploited death, kind of a Cassandra.
- This goal is achieved in the film's narrative by transforming Billie Holiday into a hysteric.
- As a hysteric, Beloved mimics dominant ideas about madness as well as orthodox definitions of gender and race.
- Because hysteria has no organic causes, the hysteric imitates the lesions of other illnesses.
- ‘You do not have cancer,’ he said, as if counselling an hysteric.
- According to Renata Salecl, the male hysteric asks, ‘What kind of mask am I wearing… Am I a man or a woman?’

adjective hɪˈstɛrɪkhəˈstɛrɪk

another term for hysterical (sense 2)
Example sentencesExamples
- Amid the piercing screams and almost hysteric laughter Chris escaped to quietly phone his wife.
- Kal's eyes widened as he came to a pause before bursting into a series of hysteric laughter.
- He said with a sly grin as Emerald busted out into hysteric laughter.
- He heard Sora's mocking, hysteric laughter in his ear.

Origin

Mid 17th century (as an adjective): via Latin from Greek husterikos 'of the womb', from hustera 'womb' (hysteria being thought to be specific to women and associated with the womb).

Rhymes

alphanumeric, atmospheric, chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric, Herrick, Homeric, mesmeric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric

Definition of hysteric in US English:

hysteric

nounhəˈsterikhəˈstɛrɪk

1hystericsinformal A wildly emotional and exaggerated reaction.
the child has been seized with regular fits of hysterics at bedtime
Example sentencesExamples
- But his mission is complicated by Louis' quirks and emotional hysterics.
- If I went to a crowded place I would go into hysterics because everyone's voices and emotions were pounding inside my skull.
- But then I recalled our parking lot hysterics of this weekend and my angry words to him about how he can't be bothered to read my writing.
- Lopez is completely inept when it comes to playing out the hysterics that this mellow-dramatic insipid thriller so often demands of her.
- She got a second Oscar nod, as Best Supporting Actress, for her wildly funny hysterics in Allen's Husbands and Wives.
- I admit unashamedly I'd like for this statement to be met with grand hysterics, someone to shriek out ‘DON'T DO IT!’
- She played a sullen nutcase prone to hysterics and evil giggles.
- I'm prone to hysterics and don't think clearly.
- Sadly for Burnside, such hysterics are less impressive when introduced by a diarist who lacks the wit to spell check her ‘murmour’ ed offerings.
- Peter's wink sent Jes right back into convulsions and minor hysterics.
- It would simply be helpful if the neighbours could resign themselves to an approximately similar exercise, with fewer tantrums and hysterics.
- Again: why should I take these hysterics seriously?
- And you know intellects are most prone to emotional distress, as proven by your own hysterics.
- Through it all, though, Utidjian is superb, capable of generating power not from volume or hysterics, but from the subtlest expression.
- Some ragas such as Darbari-kanhara, Khamaj and Pooriya are strongly recommended for defusing tension in mind, particularly in case of hysterics.
- Heck, we even had a great time at my brother's wedding - no hysterics or drama (well, there was behind the scenes, but more on that later).
- And the young actress doesn't rely on hysterics and overacting (as others might) to convey Maria's desperation.
- Then, with the camera still rolling, there was general hysterics and the question ‘Does Derek win the twenty pounds?’
- When frenzy and hysterics threaten, just keep telling yourself that smiling's a better facial aerobic than frowning.
Synonyms
hysteria, wildness, feverishness, irrationality, frenzy, loss of control, loss of reason
1. 1.1 Uncontrollable laughter.
  this started them both giggling and they fled upstairs in hysterics
  Example sentencesExamples
  GW's facial expressions had us in constant hysterics and the quote of the night had to have been calling the terrorists ‘haters’.
  I was laughing in hysterics, yet utterly disgusted!
  I'm in hysterics right now over the useful British phrases.
  Marty and his gang had gone into hysterics at her slight tantrum.
  He was a real wind up merchant with a wicked sense of humour - he had everyone in hysterics and he will be very sadly missed.
  DJ and Michael go into fits of hysterics, rolling around on the floor.
  His emotions took hold and he burst into hysterics, warranting a quick response from the Takavaran commander.
  Like a woman loosing all sanity, I began to laugh in hysterics.
  Candace doubled up with laughter and lay on the floor in hysterics, still in control of the beam.
  I was in hysterics of course, and as a joke I said the temperature the next day would probably be six degrees across the nation.
  As we passed it around, reading aloud, we were in hysterics.
  And then all the male guests returned to the stage, each of them bare-chested too, as the audience went into hysterics.
  But eventually it made it to Canada, where my teenaged friends and I would watch it in total hysterics after school.
  Perhaps the worst thing about this show was not the acts themselves, but the fact that the audience was in hysterics.
  Or maybe they're all quietly doubled up in hysterics behind me.
  Kayla laughed in hysterics as her skates slid up under her and she landed on her bottom.
  I was literally rolling on the floor in hysterics.
  The audience was in hysterics and applauding their heads off and I think they were on their feet, which was rare back then.
  For some reason, that put me and my friends Dan and Ali in hysterics.
  Ollie falls backwards in hysterics onto the bed and promptly falls off, stepping right onto his laptop which had been left open on the floor.
  Synonyms
  fits of laughter, gales of laughter, peals of laughter, uncontrollable laughter, convulsions, fits, guffawing, howling
2A person suffering from hysteria.
Example sentencesExamples
- Brother Egbert responded in the calm, patient tone of someone addressing a hysteric.
- By Christensen's era, religion gave way to science, and a new form of otherness evolved: the female hysteric.
- Thank goodness there aren't any hysterics around here.
- As a hysteric, Beloved mimics dominant ideas about madness as well as orthodox definitions of gender and race.
- Who do these hysterics think they are persuading?
- While some German critics decry her as an eloquent hysteric, others praise her cold yet incisive observations of human lives and loves.
- As a hysteric, she highlights the insights that psychoanalysis can offer - and its shortcomings - in understanding black female subjectivity.
- According to Renata Salecl, the male hysteric asks, ‘What kind of mask am I wearing… Am I a man or a woman?’
- Spontaneous outbursts, to his mind, are for fools, hysterics and chat show guests.
- A lot of people accused him of being a hysteric, a hypochondriac, a man who exploited death, kind of a Cassandra.
- A hysteric who seems paraplegic behaves as if he has forgotten that he has legs; he has lost the mental representation of a part of his body.
- Mabel, who could easily have been turned into a hysteric, is handled sympathetically.
- But is this an essential and important difference between the hysteric and the artist?
- For these reasons, she is an incurable hysteric.
- This goal is achieved in the film's narrative by transforming Billie Holiday into a hysteric.
- The Dialogues concern a young noblewoman, Blanche de la Force, an hysteric afraid of just about everything.
- Because hysteria has no organic causes, the hysteric imitates the lesions of other illnesses.
- Going into that conversation I tended to view all the big pushers of regime change as warmongers, hysterics or trouble-makers.
- These are stagy comic types: the critic, the fop, and the hysteric.
- ‘You do not have cancer,’ he said, as if counselling an hysteric.

adjectivehəˈsterikhəˈstɛrɪk

another term for hysterical (sense 2)
Example sentencesExamples
- Kal's eyes widened as he came to a pause before bursting into a series of hysteric laughter.
- He heard Sora's mocking, hysteric laughter in his ear.
- He said with a sly grin as Emerald busted out into hysteric laughter.
- Amid the piercing screams and almost hysteric laughter Chris escaped to quietly phone his wife.

Origin

Mid 17th century (as an adjective): via Latin from Greek husterikos ‘of the womb’, from hustera ‘womb’ (hysteria being thought to be specific to women and associated with the womb).

单词	hysteric
释义	Definition of hysteric in English: hysteric noun hɪˈstɛrɪkhəˈstɛrɪk 1hystericsinformal A wildly emotional and exaggerated reaction. the widow had hysterics and the inquest was wrapped up quickly Example sentencesExamples And you know intellects are most prone to emotional distress, as proven by your own hysterics. Peter's wink sent Jes right back into convulsions and minor hysterics. I admit unashamedly I'd like for this statement to be met with grand hysterics, someone to shriek out ‘DON'T DO IT!’ Some ragas such as Darbari-kanhara, Khamaj and Pooriya are strongly recommended for defusing tension in mind, particularly in case of hysterics. She played a sullen nutcase prone to hysterics and evil giggles. She got a second Oscar nod, as Best Supporting Actress, for her wildly funny hysterics in Allen's Husbands and Wives. Through it all, though, Utidjian is superb, capable of generating power not from volume or hysterics, but from the subtlest expression. Lopez is completely inept when it comes to playing out the hysterics that this mellow-dramatic insipid thriller so often demands of her. But then I recalled our parking lot hysterics of this weekend and my angry words to him about how he can't be bothered to read my writing. But his mission is complicated by Louis' quirks and emotional hysterics. I'm prone to hysterics and don't think clearly. When frenzy and hysterics threaten, just keep telling yourself that smiling's a better facial aerobic than frowning. Again: why should I take these hysterics seriously? Then, with the camera still rolling, there was general hysterics and the question ‘Does Derek win the twenty pounds?’ Sadly for Burnside, such hysterics are less impressive when introduced by a diarist who lacks the wit to spell check her ‘murmour’ ed offerings. And the young actress doesn't rely on hysterics and overacting (as others might) to convey Maria's desperation. It would simply be helpful if the neighbours could resign themselves to an approximately similar exercise, with fewer tantrums and hysterics. If I went to a crowded place I would go into hysterics because everyone's voices and emotions were pounding inside my skull. Heck, we even had a great time at my brother's wedding - no hysterics or drama (well, there was behind the scenes, but more on that later). Synonyms hysteria, wildness, feverishness, irrationality, frenzy, loss of control, loss of reason neurosis, delirium, derangement, mania, distress, mental distress British informal the screaming abdabs/habdabs 1.1 Uncontrollable laughter. they began to giggle and fled upstairs in hysterics Example sentencesExamples GW's facial expressions had us in constant hysterics and the quote of the night had to have been calling the terrorists ‘haters’. He was a real wind up merchant with a wicked sense of humour - he had everyone in hysterics and he will be very sadly missed. Ollie falls backwards in hysterics onto the bed and promptly falls off, stepping right onto his laptop which had been left open on the floor. DJ and Michael go into fits of hysterics, rolling around on the floor. Kayla laughed in hysterics as her skates slid up under her and she landed on her bottom. Or maybe they're all quietly doubled up in hysterics behind me. Like a woman loosing all sanity, I began to laugh in hysterics. I was laughing in hysterics, yet utterly disgusted! The audience was in hysterics and applauding their heads off and I think they were on their feet, which was rare back then. I'm in hysterics right now over the useful British phrases. For some reason, that put me and my friends Dan and Ali in hysterics. As we passed it around, reading aloud, we were in hysterics. Perhaps the worst thing about this show was not the acts themselves, but the fact that the audience was in hysterics. Candace doubled up with laughter and lay on the floor in hysterics, still in control of the beam. Marty and his gang had gone into hysterics at her slight tantrum. I was literally rolling on the floor in hysterics. His emotions took hold and he burst into hysterics, warranting a quick response from the Takavaran commander. I was in hysterics of course, and as a joke I said the temperature the next day would probably be six degrees across the nation. But eventually it made it to Canada, where my teenaged friends and I would watch it in total hysterics after school. And then all the male guests returned to the stage, each of them bare-chested too, as the audience went into hysterics. Synonyms fits of laughter, gales of laughter, peals of laughter, uncontrollable laughter, convulsions, fits, guffawing, howling informal stitches, hooting rare cachinnation 2A person suffering from hysteria. Example sentencesExamples Thank goodness there aren't any hysterics around here. These are stagy comic types: the critic, the fop, and the hysteric. Mabel, who could easily have been turned into a hysteric, is handled sympathetically. As a hysteric, she highlights the insights that psychoanalysis can offer - and its shortcomings - in understanding black female subjectivity. Brother Egbert responded in the calm, patient tone of someone addressing a hysteric. The Dialogues concern a young noblewoman, Blanche de la Force, an hysteric afraid of just about everything. Spontaneous outbursts, to his mind, are for fools, hysterics and chat show guests. For these reasons, she is an incurable hysteric. A hysteric who seems paraplegic behaves as if he has forgotten that he has legs; he has lost the mental representation of a part of his body. But is this an essential and important difference between the hysteric and the artist? While some German critics decry her as an eloquent hysteric, others praise her cold yet incisive observations of human lives and loves. By Christensen's era, religion gave way to science, and a new form of otherness evolved: the female hysteric. Who do these hysterics think they are persuading? Going into that conversation I tended to view all the big pushers of regime change as warmongers, hysterics or trouble-makers. A lot of people accused him of being a hysteric, a hypochondriac, a man who exploited death, kind of a Cassandra. This goal is achieved in the film's narrative by transforming Billie Holiday into a hysteric. As a hysteric, Beloved mimics dominant ideas about madness as well as orthodox definitions of gender and race. Because hysteria has no organic causes, the hysteric imitates the lesions of other illnesses. ‘You do not have cancer,’ he said, as if counselling an hysteric. According to Renata Salecl, the male hysteric asks, ‘What kind of mask am I wearing… Am I a man or a woman?’ adjective hɪˈstɛrɪkhəˈstɛrɪk another term for hysterical (sense 2) Example sentencesExamples Amid the piercing screams and almost hysteric laughter Chris escaped to quietly phone his wife. Kal's eyes widened as he came to a pause before bursting into a series of hysteric laughter. He said with a sly grin as Emerald busted out into hysteric laughter. He heard Sora's mocking, hysteric laughter in his ear. Origin Mid 17th century (as an adjective): via Latin from Greek husterikos 'of the womb', from hustera 'womb' (hysteria being thought to be specific to women and associated with the womb). Rhymes alphanumeric, atmospheric, chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric, Herrick, Homeric, mesmeric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric Definition of hysteric in US English: hysteric nounhəˈsterikhəˈstɛrɪk 1hystericsinformal A wildly emotional and exaggerated reaction. the child has been seized with regular fits of hysterics at bedtime Example sentencesExamples But his mission is complicated by Louis' quirks and emotional hysterics. If I went to a crowded place I would go into hysterics because everyone's voices and emotions were pounding inside my skull. But then I recalled our parking lot hysterics of this weekend and my angry words to him about how he can't be bothered to read my writing. Lopez is completely inept when it comes to playing out the hysterics that this mellow-dramatic insipid thriller so often demands of her. She got a second Oscar nod, as Best Supporting Actress, for her wildly funny hysterics in Allen's Husbands and Wives. I admit unashamedly I'd like for this statement to be met with grand hysterics, someone to shriek out ‘DON'T DO IT!’ She played a sullen nutcase prone to hysterics and evil giggles. I'm prone to hysterics and don't think clearly. Sadly for Burnside, such hysterics are less impressive when introduced by a diarist who lacks the wit to spell check her ‘murmour’ ed offerings. Peter's wink sent Jes right back into convulsions and minor hysterics. It would simply be helpful if the neighbours could resign themselves to an approximately similar exercise, with fewer tantrums and hysterics. Again: why should I take these hysterics seriously? And you know intellects are most prone to emotional distress, as proven by your own hysterics. Through it all, though, Utidjian is superb, capable of generating power not from volume or hysterics, but from the subtlest expression. Some ragas such as Darbari-kanhara, Khamaj and Pooriya are strongly recommended for defusing tension in mind, particularly in case of hysterics. Heck, we even had a great time at my brother's wedding - no hysterics or drama (well, there was behind the scenes, but more on that later). And the young actress doesn't rely on hysterics and overacting (as others might) to convey Maria's desperation. Then, with the camera still rolling, there was general hysterics and the question ‘Does Derek win the twenty pounds?’ When frenzy and hysterics threaten, just keep telling yourself that smiling's a better facial aerobic than frowning. Synonyms hysteria, wildness, feverishness, irrationality, frenzy, loss of control, loss of reason 1.1 Uncontrollable laughter. this started them both giggling and they fled upstairs in hysterics Example sentencesExamples GW's facial expressions had us in constant hysterics and the quote of the night had to have been calling the terrorists ‘haters’. I was laughing in hysterics, yet utterly disgusted! I'm in hysterics right now over the useful British phrases. Marty and his gang had gone into hysterics at her slight tantrum. He was a real wind up merchant with a wicked sense of humour - he had everyone in hysterics and he will be very sadly missed. DJ and Michael go into fits of hysterics, rolling around on the floor. His emotions took hold and he burst into hysterics, warranting a quick response from the Takavaran commander. Like a woman loosing all sanity, I began to laugh in hysterics. Candace doubled up with laughter and lay on the floor in hysterics, still in control of the beam. I was in hysterics of course, and as a joke I said the temperature the next day would probably be six degrees across the nation. As we passed it around, reading aloud, we were in hysterics. And then all the male guests returned to the stage, each of them bare-chested too, as the audience went into hysterics. But eventually it made it to Canada, where my teenaged friends and I would watch it in total hysterics after school. Perhaps the worst thing about this show was not the acts themselves, but the fact that the audience was in hysterics. Or maybe they're all quietly doubled up in hysterics behind me. Kayla laughed in hysterics as her skates slid up under her and she landed on her bottom. I was literally rolling on the floor in hysterics. The audience was in hysterics and applauding their heads off and I think they were on their feet, which was rare back then. For some reason, that put me and my friends Dan and Ali in hysterics. Ollie falls backwards in hysterics onto the bed and promptly falls off, stepping right onto his laptop which had been left open on the floor. Synonyms fits of laughter, gales of laughter, peals of laughter, uncontrollable laughter, convulsions, fits, guffawing, howling 2A person suffering from hysteria. Example sentencesExamples Brother Egbert responded in the calm, patient tone of someone addressing a hysteric. By Christensen's era, religion gave way to science, and a new form of otherness evolved: the female hysteric. Thank goodness there aren't any hysterics around here. As a hysteric, Beloved mimics dominant ideas about madness as well as orthodox definitions of gender and race. Who do these hysterics think they are persuading? While some German critics decry her as an eloquent hysteric, others praise her cold yet incisive observations of human lives and loves. As a hysteric, she highlights the insights that psychoanalysis can offer - and its shortcomings - in understanding black female subjectivity. According to Renata Salecl, the male hysteric asks, ‘What kind of mask am I wearing… Am I a man or a woman?’ Spontaneous outbursts, to his mind, are for fools, hysterics and chat show guests. A lot of people accused him of being a hysteric, a hypochondriac, a man who exploited death, kind of a Cassandra. A hysteric who seems paraplegic behaves as if he has forgotten that he has legs; he has lost the mental representation of a part of his body. Mabel, who could easily have been turned into a hysteric, is handled sympathetically. But is this an essential and important difference between the hysteric and the artist? For these reasons, she is an incurable hysteric. This goal is achieved in the film's narrative by transforming Billie Holiday into a hysteric. The Dialogues concern a young noblewoman, Blanche de la Force, an hysteric afraid of just about everything. Because hysteria has no organic causes, the hysteric imitates the lesions of other illnesses. Going into that conversation I tended to view all the big pushers of regime change as warmongers, hysterics or trouble-makers. These are stagy comic types: the critic, the fop, and the hysteric. ‘You do not have cancer,’ he said, as if counselling an hysteric. adjectivehəˈsterikhəˈstɛrɪk another term for hysterical (sense 2) Example sentencesExamples Kal's eyes widened as he came to a pause before bursting into a series of hysteric laughter. He heard Sora's mocking, hysteric laughter in his ear. He said with a sly grin as Emerald busted out into hysteric laughter. Amid the piercing screams and almost hysteric laughter Chris escaped to quietly phone his wife. Origin Mid 17th century (as an adjective): via Latin from Greek husterikos ‘of the womb’, from hustera ‘womb’ (hysteria being thought to be specific to women and associated with the womb).
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