as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
the hysteria of the mother when she realized that she had lost her four-year-old son in the crowd
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Recent Examples of hysteria
Conditions like autoimmune disease, postpartum depression and chronic pain syndromes were too often chalked up to stress or hysteria.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
They are bound to have raw emotion — anger, pain, grief, hysteria — heaped upon them in moments when seconds can be the difference between life and death.
—Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 19 Apr. 2026
That’s where the hysteria comes in.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
Dating back to Elvis Presley hysteria and Beatlemania, society has a long history of devotion to famous artists.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
They are bound to have raw emotion — anger, pain, grief, hysteria — heaped upon them in moments when seconds can be the difference between life and death.
—Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 19 Apr. 2026
That’s where the hysteria comes in.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
Dating back to Elvis Presley hysteria and Beatlemania, society has a long history of devotion to famous artists.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hysteria
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hysteria
Noun
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The hotel’s L’Oasis pool garden — hidden slightly farther inside the property away from the frenzy of the Croisette — mimics the show’s poolside power plays.—
Melinda Sheckells,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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In the 88th, a shot that sends Jamaica’s Blake flying across his goal at full stretch works the crowd into a frenzy.—
Franklin Leonard,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Legendary television executive Lord Tony Baddingham (David Tennant), the managing director of Corinium, is on a rampage.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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Among the various aspects of the movie that its English title refers to, not least is the unhinged rampage Lina unleashes at a couple of schoolgirls, a gringa loca on the razor’s edge.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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“Hysteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hysteria. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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