HYSTERIA


Meaning of HYSTERIA in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ mass , public

▪ mild ( esp. BrE ), near

▪ media , tabloid ( BrE )

Unnecessary anxiety has been caused by media ~ and misinformation.

▪ religious

▪ anti-communist , war

… OF HYSTERIA

▪ fit

She sometimes flew into fits of ~.

▪ note

There was a note of ~ in his voice.

VERB + HYSTERIA

▪ border on

Sam arrived in a state of excitement bordering on ~.

▪ cause , create , fuel , generate , whip up

Some parts of the media are creating ~ and exaggerating an important issue.

the ~ whipped up by some newspapers

HYSTERIA + VERB

▪ sweep sth , sweep across sth , sweep through sth

the ~ that swept through the country

▪ surround sth

There is still so much ~ surrounding the issue.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ about

public ~ about the bombings

▪ ~ over

~ over AIDS

PHRASES

▪ on the point of ~ , on the verge of ~

She was babbling, on the verge of ~.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .