All 3 Uses of
hysteria
in
Lord of the Flies
- He went on scrambling and the laughter rose to a gale of hysteria.†
p. 72..3 *
- They worked therefore with great energy and cheerfulness, though as time crept by there was a suggestion of panic in the energy and hysteria in the cheerfulness.†
p. 130..5
- He began to pound the mouth below him, using his clenched fist as a hammer; he hit with more and more passionate hysteria as the face became slippery.†
p. 167..4
Definition:
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(hysteria) a state of violent mental agitation -- especially uncontrollable fear