All 4 Uses of
hysteria
in
Catch-22
- He whirled around upon Yossarian in near hysteria.†
Chpt 12 *
- The chaplain looked from one to the other of the two men with rising doubt and hysteria.†
Chpt 36
- 'Oh, my God!' he wailed, and all his practical composure went up in hysteria.†
Chpt 37
- The dog whimpered and squealed in brute, dumbfounded hysteria at the end of an old Manila rope and groveled and crawled on its belly without resisting, but the man beat it and beat it anyway with his heavy, flat stick.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(hysteria) a state of violent mental agitation -- especially uncontrollable fear