All 6 Uses of
hysteria
in
Howards End
- She decided that Margaret was a little hysterical, and was trying to gain time by a torrent of talk.†
Part 2hysterical = exceedingly funny (resulting in uncontrollable laughter); or exhibiting excessive, uncontrollable emotion
- Mrs. Wilcox had been overtired by the shopping, and was inclined to hysteria.†
Part 10 *
- He's vulgar and hysterical and bookish, but don't think that sums him up.†
Part 16hysterical = exceedingly funny (resulting in uncontrollable laughter); or exhibiting excessive, uncontrollable emotion
- She had not thought of this, and her hysteria abated.†
Part 26
- He had known her hysterical—it was one of her aspects with which he had no concern—and yet these tears touched him as something unusual.†
Part 30hysterical = exceedingly funny (resulting in uncontrollable laughter); or exhibiting excessive, uncontrollable emotion
- The note that she left, tender and hysterical in tone, and intended to be most kind, hurt her lover terribly.†
Part 41
Definition:
a state of excessive, uncontrollable emotion
In addition to being the adjective form of hysteria, the form hysterical can also indicate that something is exceedingly funny (leading to uncontrollable laughter)