HYSTERICS


Meaning of HYSTERICS in English

1.

If someone is in ~ or is having ~, they are in a state of uncontrolled excitement, anger, or panic. (INFORMAL)

I’m sick of your having ~, okay?...

N-PLURAL: oft in N

2.

If someone is in ~ or is having ~, they are in a state of violent and disturbed emotion that is usually a result of shock.

It was such a shock I had ~...

= hysteria

N-PLURAL: oft in N

3.

You can say that someone is in ~ or is having ~ when they are laughing loudly in an uncontrolled way. (INFORMAL)

He’d often have us all in absolute ~.

N-PLURAL: oft in N

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