hysteria
Example Sentences
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin dismissed such talk as "hysteria" on Wednesday.
From BBC
He echoed similar statements about Russia's intentions made by Western intelligence agencies, which Moscow dismisses as hysteria.
From BBC
"Avoid gossiping and talking about your friend or about their partner to others who could whip up hysteria," Shaheen-Zaffar tells the BBC.
From BBC
And yet it is precisely a lack of hyperbole or hysteria—a quieting control, one might say — that makes it so moving.
But Penelope knew that if Lady Constance saw her entertaining an actual caller—and a young gentleman, mind you!—there would be no end to the hysteria.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
