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
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.
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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
Once inside, fans kept their hysteria on the inside, to the point that even Hollywood High’s librarians might have approved of their behavior.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
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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
Once inside, fans kept their hysteria on the inside, to the point that even Hollywood High’s librarians might have approved of their behavior.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hysteria
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hysteria
Noun
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The flight cuts come after the Federal Aviation Administration brought the hammer down on the flying frenzy at Chicago’s largest airport last month.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The musical, brimming over with Broadway in-jokes and phallic humor, doesn’t build so much as whip itself into a frenzy.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The above breaks trends that began with Norris’ upset 2024 Miami Grand Prix win that broke the Invincible Verstappen rampage.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Chat logs obtained by the Florida Phoenix show 20-year-old Florida State University (FSU) student Phoenix Ikner, who killed two adults and wounded seven people during an April 2025 rampage on FSU’s campus, obsessively communicated with ChatGPT during the leadup to the shooting.—
Maggie Harrison Dupré,
Futurism,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Hysteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hysteria. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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