hysteric

noun

hys·ter·ic | \ hi-ˈster-ik

Definition of hysteric

1 : a person subject to or affected by hysteria

2 : an overemotional or unstable person He's a sweet-natured hysteric who overresponds to every stimulus.— Pauline Kael — see also hysterics

Examples of hysteric in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There were writers who did not think Dr. Farnsworth was a hysteric, and accordingly painted Mies van der Rohe as un-American. — Daisy Alioto, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 Much vodka had been consumed by this point, and plot discussions degenerated into mass hysterics. — Ceridwen Dovey, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2019 Especially knowing how much our media loves to portray women as liars and hysterics. — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 18 Feb. 2020 Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Thursday sentenced President Trump’s former confidant Roger Stone to 40 months in prison, which if nothing else offers some lessons about the political hysterics of the last two weeks in Washington. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Feb. 2020 The constant whining and hysterics — magnified by their allies in the Democratic Media Complex — have been exhausting. — John Kass, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2019 There are several other acts, then, who could send fans into hysterics. — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2020 At the New York County Courthouse, on Centre Street in Manhattan, the USTA deployed a battery of experts and mounted a defense that often relied on junk science and Cold War hysterics. — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 28 June 2019 Never mind that my young kids were riled up in the back seat, complaining loudly about the lack of pop music on the radio, now in hysterics after their grandfather’s blunder. — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2019

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