| Main Entry: | hysteria |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of extreme upset |
Synonyms: |
agitation, delirium, excitement, feverishness, frenzy, hysterics, madness, mirth, nervousness, panic, unreason |
Antonyms: |
calm, control, sereneness |
| Main Entry: | mirth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great joy |
Synonyms: |
amusement, cheer, cheerfulness, convulsions, entertainment, festivity, frivolity, frolic, fun, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, hilarity, hysteria, hysterics, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joyousness, kicks, laughs, laughter, levity, lightheartedness, merriment, merrymaking, pleasure, rejoicing, revelry, sport, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
blues, depression, distress, sadness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | neurotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally maladjusted |
Synonyms: |
aberrant, abnormal, anxious, basket case, bundle of nerves, choked, clutched, compulsive, deviant, disordered, disoriented, distraught, disturbed, erratic, hung up, hysteric, inhibited, manic, nervous, nervous wreck, obsessive, overwrought, psychoneurotic, unhealthy, unstable, upset, uptight, wired |
Antonyms: |
adjusted, balanced, sane, stable |
| Main Entry: | paroxysm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure, spasm |
Synonyms: |
agitation, anger, attack, convulsion, eruption, excitement, explosion, fit, flare-up, frenzy, frothing, fuming, furor, fury, hysterics, outbreak, outburst, passion, rage, violence |
| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme anger |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acrimony, agitation, animosity, apoplexy, asperity, bitterness, blowup, bluster, choler, convulsion, dander, eruption, exasperation, excitement, explosion, ferment, ferocity, fireworks, frenzy, furor, fury, gall, heat*, hemorrhage, huff, hysterics, indignation, ire, irritation, madness, mania, obsession, outburst, paroxysm, passion, rampage, raving, resentment, spasm, spleen, squall, storm, tantrum, temper, umbrage, uproar, upset, vehemence, violence, wingding, wrath |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
Antonyms: |
glee, happiness |
| Main Entry: | tantrum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fit |
Synonyms: |
anger, animosity, conniption, dander, flare-up, hemorrhage, huff, hysterics, outburst, storm*, temper, temper tantrum, wax |
Antonyms: |
calm, contentment, peace |