hysterics

English

Noun

hysterics

plural of hysteric

Noun

hysterics pl (plural only)

Hysteria.
Her hysterics are uncontrollable.

The jokes had me in hysterics.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Last Night with the Dead”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 317:
  But when they went to tread down the earth, it seemed to her like sacrilege; and, forgetting every thing in one strong emotion, she sprang forward to prevent it. The effort was too much; and, for the first time, she sank back in the arms of the servants in strong hysterics!

Derived terms

in hysterics

Translations

hysteria — see also hysteria

Armenian: հիստերիկա (hy) (histerika)
Belarusian: істэ́рыка f (istéryka), гістэ́рыка f (histéryka)
Bulgarian: исте́рика (bg) f (istérika), хисте́рика f (histérika)
Czech: hysterický záchvat m
Finnish: hysteerinen kohtaus
French: crise des nerfs f, hystérie (fr) f
Georgian: ისტერიკა (isṭeriḳa)
Icelandic: móðursýkiskast n, stjórnlaust grátkast n, stjórnlaust hláturkast n
Russian: исте́рика (ru) f (istérika)
Spanish: histeria f, histérica (es)
Swedish: hysteri (sv) c
Ukrainian: істе́рика f (istéryka), гісте́рика f (histéryka)

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