Word Meaning

hysteria definition and meaning

n. A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits.

Crossword clues for hysteria

- Emotional frenzy
- Frenzied emotional state
- Frenzied mental disorder this year
- His teary outburst created crowd panic
- State of wild agitation
- Uncontrollable laughter