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hys·ter·ic
(hĭ-stĕr′ĭk)n.
1. hysterics(used with a sing. or pl. verb) A fit of uncontrollable laughing or crying.
2. A person suffering from hysteria. No longer in clinical use.
[From Latin hystericus, hysterical, from Greek husterikos, from husterā, womb (from the former idea that disturbances in the womb caused hysteria).]
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hysterics
(hɪˈstɛrɪks)n (functioning as plural or singular)
1. (Psychiatry) an attack of hysteria
2. informal wild uncontrollable bursts of laughter
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| Noun | 1. | hysterics - an attack of hysteria attack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea" |
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Translations
نوبَة من الضِّحْك الشَّديدنوبة هِسْتيريَّه
hysterický záchvatnevázaný smích
hysterisk anfaldhysterisk latteranfald
hisztériás roham
móîursÿkiskast; taugaáfall
hysterický záchvatzáchvat smiechu
gülmekten kırılmahisteri nöbeti
hysterics
[hɪsˈterɪks] NPLCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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hysterics
pl → Hysterie f, → hysterischer Anfall; to go into or have hysterics → hysterisch werden, einen hysterischen Anfall bekommen; (fig inf: = laugh) → sich totlachen, sich nicht mehr halten können vor Lachen; to be in hysterics → hysterisch sein, einen hysterischen Anfall haben; (fig inf: = be laughing) → sich (halb) totlachen (inf); we were in hysterics about it (fig inf) → wir haben uns darüber (halb) totgelacht (inf); he had us all in hysterics (fig inf) → wir haben uns über ihn (halb) totgelacht (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
hysterics
[hɪsˈtɛrɪks] npl (tears) → crisi f inv isterica; (laughter) → attacco di risoto be in or have hysterics → avere una crisi isterica (fam) (laugh) → crepar dal ridere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hysteria
(hiˈstiəriə) noun1. a severe nervous upset which causes eg uncontrolled laughing or crying, imaginary illnesses etc.
2. uncontrolled excitement, eg of a crowd of people. mass hysteria.
hyˈsterical (-ˈste-) adjective of or suffering from hysteria.
hyˈsterically (-ˈste-) adverbhyˈsterics (-ˈste-) noun plural
1. a fit of hysteria.
2. a fit of wild laughter.
go into hysterics to have a fit of hysteria.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
hys·ter·ics
n. histerismo, histeria.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
hysterics - an attack of hysteria