HYSTERIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hysteric mean? • HYSTERIC (noun)
The noun HYSTERIC has 1 sense:
1. a person suffering from hysteria
Familiarity information: HYSTERIC used as a noun is very rare.
• HYSTERIC (adjective)
The adjective HYSTERIC has 1 sense:
1. characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
Familiarity information: HYSTERIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HYSTERIC (noun)
Meaning:
A person suffering from hysteria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("hysteric" is a kind of...):
mental case; neurotic; psychoneurotic (a person suffering from neurosis)
• HYSTERIC (adjective)
Meaning:
Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
Synonyms:
hysteric; hysterical
Context examples:
during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered / hysterical amnesia
Similar:
neurotic; psychoneurotic (affected with emotional disorder)
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