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)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria

Synonyms:

hysteric; hysterical

Context example:

hysterical amnesia

Similar:

neurotic; psychoneurotic (affected with emotional disorder)

Derivation:

hysteria (neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions)