hysteric
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But to her credit, Ms. Coon never turns the character into a wild-eyed hysteric or a manipulated figure of pure pathos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
As Freeman pulled into second base, a hysteric crowd of 52,995 rose to its feet.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2022
"He was clearly a sort of hysteric," he says.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2018
And Sophie Chevalier, a French anthropologist and specialist in customer behavior, told Le Parisen that the hysteric reaction was out of the ordinary.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2018
Hence the hysteric becomes very suggestible and all kinds of fantastic symptoms may be produced.
From Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge by Culpin, Millais
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
