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
From causing supernatural events to creating hysteria, our orbiting nightlight has always had legends and folktales written about it.
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Taylor Grothe, Parents, 27 Aug. 2025
Eze’s arrival may not be met by the level of hysteria that welcomed the signing of Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid back in 2013, when Arsenal fans celebrated in the streets around the Emirates Stadium as though the club had just won a trophy.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In this horror comedy, a teenage girl and her younger brother must survive a wild 24-hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origin causes parents to turn violently on their own kids.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
Starring as Bella, Brittany Bellizeare also ably walks the tightrope by credibly portraying a fearful wife prone to bouts of hysteria in act one, to increasingly confident detective in act two.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
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Taylor Grothe, Parents, 27 Aug. 2025
Eze’s arrival may not be met by the level of hysteria that welcomed the signing of Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid back in 2013, when Arsenal fans celebrated in the streets around the Emirates Stadium as though the club had just won a trophy.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In this horror comedy, a teenage girl and her younger brother must survive a wild 24-hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origin causes parents to turn violently on their own kids.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
Starring as Bella, Brittany Bellizeare also ably walks the tightrope by credibly portraying a fearful wife prone to bouts of hysteria in act one, to increasingly confident detective in act two.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hysteria
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Prices have jumped by more than 40 percent since the beginning of the pandemic, as historically low mortgage rates between 2020 and 2022 triggered a homebuying frenzy that clashed with chronically low supply across the country.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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Interest was mutual through March’s free-agent frenzy.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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In that mass shooting, BSO deputies waited outside the freshman building as 17 students and faculty members were killed in the Valentine’s Day rampage.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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His profile photo was also an image of the suspect in the 2014 Isla Vista killings, in which a 22-year-old killed six people in a shooting rampage near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Hysteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hysteria. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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