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hysteria

noun as in state of extreme upset

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But Penelope knew that if Lady Constance saw her entertaining an actual caller—and a young gentleman, mind you!—there would be no end to the hysteria.

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But, amidst the hysteria and the celebrations, Emery and his team were more measured, and Unai's objective analysis of the triumph was clear.

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I don’t doubt that the left’s hysteria is overdone.

Ukraine has rejected accusations of meddling in Hungarian elections as absurd hysteria.

Naturally, The Times was also ensnared by the hysteria of Roan’s arrival in Pasadena.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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