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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hys•ter•ic /hɪˈstɛrɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Usually, hysterics. [plural]
- a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping.
- a person susceptible to hysteria.
adj. - hysterical.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hys•ter•ic (hi ster′ik),USA pronunciation n. - Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping;
hysteria. - a person subject to hysteria.
adj. - hysterical.
- Greek hysterikós, suffering in the womb, hysterical (reflecting the Greeks' belief that hysteria was peculiar to women and caused by disturbances in the uterus); see hystero-, -ic
- Latin hystericus
- 1650–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hysteric /hɪˈstɛrɪk/ n - a hysterical person
adj - hysterical
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin hystericus literally: of the womb, from Greek husterikos, from hustera the womb; from the belief that hysteria in women originated in disorders of the womb WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hys•ter•i•cal /hɪˈstɛrɪkəl/USA pronunciation adj. - of, relating to, characterized by, or suffering from hysteria:a hysterical patient.
- uncontrollably emotional or agitated:nearly hysterical after the accident.
- very funny;
hilarious:a hysterical movie. hys•ter•i•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hys•ter•i•cal (hi ster′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj. - of, pertaining 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!
- Latin hysteric(us) hysteric + -al1
- 1605–15
hys•ter′i•cal•ly, adv. - 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hilarious, uproarious, laughable, ludicrous.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hysterical /hɪˈstɛrɪkəl/, hysteric adj - of or suggesting hysteria: hysterical cries
- suffering from hysteria
- informal wildly funny
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