in hysterics
adjective
Roget 860:
fearing
etc.
v.;
frightened
etc.
v.;
in fear,
in a fright
etc.
n.;
haunted with the fear of
etc.
n.;
afeard†.
afraid,
fearful;
timid,
timorous;
nervous,
diffident,
coy,
faint-hearted,
tremulous,
shaky,
afraid of one's shadow,
apprehensive,
restless,
fidgety;
more frightened than hurt.
aghast;
awe-stricken,
horror-stricken,
terror-stricken,
panic-stricken,
awestruck,
awe-stricken,
horror-struck;
frightened to death,
white as a sheet;
pale,
pale as a ghost,
pale as death,
pale as ashes;
breathless,
in hysterics.
inspiring fear
etc.
v.;
alarming;
formidable,
redoubtable;
perilous
etc.
(danger)
665;
portentous;
fearful;
dread,
dreadful;
fell;
dire,
direful;
shocking;
terrible,
terrific;
tremendous;
horrid,
horrible,
horrific;
ghastly;
awful,
awe-inspiring;
revolting
etc.
(painful)
830;
Gorgonian.
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Roget 824:
excited
etc.
v.;
wrought up,
up the qui vive [Fr.],
astir,
sparkling;
in a quiver
etc.
821,
in a fever,
in a ferment,
in a blaze,
in a state of excitement;
in hysterics;
black in the face,
overwrought,
tense,
taught,
on a razor's edge;
hot,
red-hot,
flushed,
feverish;
all of a twitter,
in a pucker;
with quivering lips,
with tears in one's eyes.
flaming;
boiling over;
ebullient,
seething;
foaming at the mouth;
fuming,
raging,
carried away by passion,
wild,
raving,
frantic,
mad,
distracted,
beside oneself,
out of one's wits,
ready to burst,
bouleverse†,
demoniacal.
lost,
eperdu [Fr.],
tempest-tossed;
haggard;
ready to sink.
stung to the quick,
up,
on one's high ropes.
exciting,
absorbing,
riveting,
distracting
etc.
v.;
impressive,
warm,
glowing,
fervid,
swelling,
imposing,
spirit-stirring,
thrilling;
high-wrought;
soul-stirring,
soul-subduing;
heart-stirring,
heart-swelling,
heart-thrilling;
agonizing
etc.
(painful)
830;
telling,
sensational,
hysterical;
overpowering,
overwhelming;
more than flesh and blood can bear;
yellow.
piquant
etc.
(pungent)
392;
spicy,
appetizing,
provocative,
provoquant†,
tantalizing.
eager to go,
anxious to go,
chafing at the bit.
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Roget 173:
violent,
vehement;
warm;
acute,
sharp;
rough,
rude,
ungentle,
bluff,
boisterous,
wild;
brusque,
abrupt,
waspish;
impetuous;
rampant.
turbulent;
disorderly;
blustering,
raging
etc.
v.;
troublous†,
riotous;
tumultuary†,
tumultuous;
obstreperous,
uproarious;
extravagant;
unmitigated;
ravening,
inextinguishable,
tameless;
frenzied
etc.
(insane)
503.
desperate
etc.
(rash)
863;
infuriate,
furious,
outrageous,
frantic,
hysteric,
in hysterics.
fiery,
flaming,
scorching,
hot,
red-hot,
ebullient.
savage,
fierce,
ferocious,
fierce as a tiger.
excited
etc.
v.;
unquelled†,
unquenched,
unextinguished†,
unrepressed,
unbridled,
unruly;
headstrong,
ungovernable,
unappeasable,
immitigable,
unmitigable†;
uncontrollable,
incontrollable†;
insuppressible,
irrepressible;
orgastic,
orgasmatic,
orgasmic.
spasmodic,
convulsive,
explosive;
detonating
etc.
v.;
volcanic,
meteoric;
stormy
etc.
(wind)
349.
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