Anyone who has seen Kristen Bell break down in (happy) hysterics over a sloth knows the actress's affinity for animals, especially those of the cute and cuddly variety.
Source: tatoeba (6992003)
Hysterics
Synonyms for "hysterics" (27 found)
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19 translations across 12 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- հիստերիկա noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
Belarusian
2 entries- гістэ́рыка noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
- істэ́рыка noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
Bulgarian
2 entries- исте́рика noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
- хисте́рика noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
Czech
1 entries- hysterický záchvat noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
Finnish
1 entries- hysteerinen kohtaus noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
French
2 entries- crise des nerfs noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
- hystérie noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
Georgian
1 entries- ისტერიკა noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
Icelandic
3 entries- móðursýkiskast noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
- stjórnlaust grátkast noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
- stjórnlaust hláturkast noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
Russian
1 entries- исте́рика noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
Spanish
2 entries- histeria noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
- histérica noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
Swedish
1 entries- hysteri noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
Ukrainian
2 entries- гісте́рика noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
- істе́рика noun (hysteria — see also hysteria)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
He was in hysterics.
Source: tatoeba (8541408)
It is, therefore, almost exclusively seen in hysterics, neurotics and other types of psychopaths, in the frankly insane, and in grave delinquents.
Source: tatoeba (11722285)
But when they went to tread down the earth, it seemed to her like sacrilege; and, forgetting every thing in one strong emotion, she sprang forward to prevent it. The effort was too much; and, for the first time, she sank back in the arms of the servants in strong hysterics!
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