hysterical fit

  • 1hysterical fit — temper tantrum, uncontrolled emotional display …

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  • 2hysterical — [adj] very upset, excited agitated, berserk, beside oneself, blazing, carried away*, convulsive, crazed, crazy, delirious, distracted, distraught, emotional, fiery, frantic, frenzied, fuming, furious, impassioned, impetuous, in a fit, incensed,… …

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  • 3hysterical — adj. 1 suffering from/caused by hysteria VERBS ▪ act, be, sound ▪ Susan realized that she sounded hysterical. ▪ become, get, go …

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  • 4Hysterical Blindness — Infobox Film name = Hysterical Blindness caption = DVD cover director = Mira Nair producer = Jason Blum Amy Israel Uma Thurman writer = Laura Cahill narrator = starring = Uma Thurman Gena Rowlands Juliette Lewis Ben Gazzara Justin Chambers Jolie… …

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  • 5fit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 way sth fits/way two things match ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, good, nice ▪ We need to achieve the best fit between the staff required and the staff available. ▪ correct, exact …

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  • 6fit — Synonyms and related words: Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, a propos, abdominal epilepsy, able, acceptable, access, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, according to Hoyle, accouter, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, ad rem, adapt …

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  • 7hysterical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. uncontrolled, wild, emotional; convulsive; frenzied, frenetic. See excitability. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. convulsed, uncontrolled, raving, delirious, wildly emotional, psychoneurotic, unnerved,… …

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  • 8hissie-fit — n a bout of hysterical anger, agitation, despair, etc. The term is used particularly by women and gay males and is obvi ously derived from the standard term hysterical. Fanny fit is a similar phrase recorded in British speech from the 1990s. ►… …

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  • 9had a fit — became hysterical, lost control …

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  • 10hysteric — [hi ster′ik] adj. [L hystericus < Gr hysterikos, suffering in the womb, hysterical < hystera, uterus: from the ancient notion that women were hysterical more often than men] HYSTERICAL n. 1. [usually pl., occas. with sing. v.] a hysterical… …

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