Hysteria — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

state of violent mental agitation

excessive or uncontrollable fear

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hɪstˈɪɹiə/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɛpbɜːn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɛpbɜːn/

3 syllables Say it as /hɪstˈɪɹiə/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

delirium hysterical neurosis craze fury frenzy

Word Forms

crazy	adjective	affected with madness or insanity
craze	verb	cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
delirious	adjective	marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
infuriate	verb	make furious
hysterical	adjective	marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion
hysteric	adjective	characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; - Morris Fishbein

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Hysterie

Zustand heftiger geistiger Erregung

🇫🇷French

hystérie

état de violente agitation mentale

🇪🇸Spanish

histeria

estado de agitación mental violenta

🇮🇹Italian

isteria

stato di violenta agitazione mentale

🇳🇱Dutch

hysterie

toestand van gewelddadige mentale opwinding

🇵🇹Portuguese

histeria

estado de agitação mental violenta

🇷🇺Russian

истерия

состояние сильного психического возбуждения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हिस्टीरिया

उग्र मानसिक उद्वेग की अवस्था

🇧🇩Bengali

হিস্টিরিয়া

সহিংস মানসিক আন্দোলনের অবস্থা

🇮🇳Tamil

வெறி

வன்முறை மன கிளர்ச்சியின் நிலை

🇮🇳Telugu

హిస్టీరియా

హింసాత్మక మానసిక ఆందోళన యొక్క స్థితి

🇮🇳Marathi

उन्माद

हिंसक मानसिक आंदोलनाची स्थिती

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉન્માદ

હિંસક માનસિક આંદોલનની સ્થિતિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉನ್ಮಾದ

ಹಿಂಸಾತ್ಮಕ ಮಾನಸಿಕ ಆಂದೋಲನದ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഹിസ്റ്റീരിയ

അക്രമാസക്തമായ മാനസിക പ്രക്ഷോഭത്തിൻ്റെ അവസ്ഥ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਿਸਟੀਰੀਆ

ਹਿੰਸਕ ਮਾਨਸਿਕ ਅੰਦੋਲਨ ਦੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہسٹیریا

پرتشدد ذہنی تحریک کی حالت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

歇斯底里

精神剧烈躁动的状态

🇯🇵Japanese

ヒステリー

激しい精神的興奮状態

🇰🇷Korean

히스테리

격렬한 정신적 동요 상태

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chứng cuồng loạn

trạng thái kích động tinh thần dữ dội

🇹🇭Thai

ฮิสทีเรีย

สถานะของความปั่นป่วนทางจิตอย่างรุนแรง

🇮🇩Indonesian

histeri

keadaan agitasi mental yang hebat

🇲🇾Malay

histeria

keadaan pergolakan mental yang ganas

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هستيريا

حالة من التحريض العقلي العنيف

🇮🇷Persian

هیستری

حالت آشفتگی ذهنی خشن

🇹🇷Turkish

histeri

şiddetli zihinsel çalkantı durumu

🇮🇱Hebrew

הִיסטֵרִיָה

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