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[ hi-ster -i-kuh l ] SHOW IPA
/ hɪˈstɛr ɪ kəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
uncontrollably emotional.
irrational from fear, emotion, or an emotional shock.
causing hysteria.
suffering from or subject to hysteria.
causing unrestrained laughter; very funny: Oh, that joke is hysterical!
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Origin of hysterical 1605–15; <Latin hysteric (us ) hysteric + -al1
SYNONYMS FOR hysterical 6 hilarious, uproarious, laughable, ludicrous.
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OTHER WORDS FROM hysterical hys·ter·i·cal·ly, adverb o·ver·hys·ter·i·cal, adjective post·hys·ter·i·cal, adjective sem·i·hys·ter·i·cal, adjective
sem·i·hys·ter·i·cal·ly, adverb un·hys·ter·i·cal, adjective un·hys·ter·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Women fainted, men sobbed, while children in shock picked their way through the crowds of hysterical adults.
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Her hysterical caresses awakened him and the little fellow could not understand what ailed his mother.
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It struck her as a species of ghastly sentiment, which at once distressed, and impelled her to hysterical mirth.
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The third or fourth year represents the age limit, below which hysterical symptoms do not appear.
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He flung himself into his chair, hid his face with his hands, and burst into hysterical tears.
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British Dictionary definitions for hysterical adjective of or suggesting hysteria hysterical cries
suffering from hysteria
informal wildly funny
Derived forms of hysterical hysterically , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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