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unable to control your emotions or behavior because you are very frightened, excited, etc.: Calm down, you’re getting hysterical. She broke into hysterical laughter (= laughter that is uncontrollable). infml That joke was hysterical (= extremely amusing).
The meaning of HYSTERICAL is of, relating to, or marked by hysteria. How to use hysterical in a sentence.
adjective. uncontrollably emotional. irrational from fear, emotion, or an emotional shock. causing unrestrained laughter; very funny: Oh, that joke is hysterical! Synonyms: ludicrous, laughable, uproarious, hilarious. Psychoanalysis, Psychiatry. of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria: hysterical psychosis.
If someone is hysterical, they cannot control their feelings or behaviour because they are extremely frightened, angry, excited, etc.: hysterical laughter. As soon as Wendy saw the blood, she became hysterical.
Someone who is hysterical is in a state of uncontrolled excitement, anger, or panic.
Definition of hysterical adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Hysterical comes from the medical Latin word hystericus, which described a female neurotic condition, thought to be caused by a dysfunction of the uterus. Hysterical is still used today by psychiatrists, though in a broader way, to describe someone suffering from a psychological stress condition.
hysterical. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Illness & disability hys‧ter‧i‧cal /hɪˈsterɪkəl/ adjective 1 unable to control your behaviour or emotions because you are very upset, afraid, excited etc Janet became hysterical and began screaming.
1 in a state of extreme excitement, and crying, laughing, etc. in an uncontrolled way hysterical screams a hysterical giggle He became almost hysterical when I told him. Let's not get hysterical. (disapproving) He thought I was being a hysterical female.
The term hysterical, applied to an individual, can mean that they are emotional, irrationally upset, or frenzied. When applied to a situation not involving panic, hysteria means that that situation is uncontrollably amusing – the connotation being that it invokes hysterical laughter.
