Antonyms for hysteric


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : hi-ster-ik
Phonetic Transcription : hɪˈstɛr ɪk


Definition of hysteric

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Latin hystericus, from Greek hysterikos "belonging to the womb" (see hysterical). As a noun from 1751.
  • As in neurotic : adj mentally maladjusted
  • As in mirth : noun great joy
  • As in paroxysm : noun seizure, spasm
  • As in rage : noun extreme anger
  • As in tantrum : noun fit
  • As in hysteria : noun state of extreme upset
Example sentences :
  • Gertrude bending over me in hysteric screams—so they told me afterwards.
  • Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
  • Miss Corelli's force is hysteric, but it is sometimes very real.
  • Extract from : « My Contemporaries In Fiction » by David Christie Murray
  • After that, evidently the first attack of hysteric character followed.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • Red Jim stumbled to his feet with an inarticulate and hysteric exclamation.
  • Extract from : « Susy, A Story of the Plains » by Bret Harte
  • In hysteric inversions of motion is some other part too much stimulated?
  • Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin
  • "Git down there, you hysteric son of a gun," he said to the horse.
  • Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn
  • It was succeeded by a quick, hysteric laugh, and then a dead silence.
  • Extract from : « Openings in the Old Trail » by Bret Harte
  • I juggle with temperamental and psychic Twos and experiment in hysteric additions.
  • Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane
  • Dr. Holmes calls it, "Valerian, calmer of hysteric squirms."
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Gardens » by Alice Morse Earle
  • Well-being is a panacea for the tiqueur no less than for the hysteric.
  • Extract from : « Tics and Their Treatment » by Henry Meigne

Synonyms for hysteric

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