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   Hys·ter·i·cal

   /həˈsterək(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. deriving from or affected by uncontrolled extreme emotion: "the band was mobbed by hysterical fans" Similar overwroughtemotionaluncontrolleduncontrollableout of controlunrestrainedunrestrainablefrenziedin a frenzyfranticwildfeverishbeside oneselfdriven to distractionin a panicagitatedneuroticmadcrazedberserkmaniacmaniacalmanicdeliriousunhingedderangedout of one's mindout of one's witsravinginformal:in a stateswivel-eyedOpposite calmself-possessed
   • ▪ extremely funny: informal "her attempts to teach them to dance were hysterical" Similar hilariousuproariousvery funnyvery amusingcomicalcomicfarcicalinformal:hysterically funnysidesplittingrib-ticklingkillingkillingly funnyscreamingly funnya screama hoota laugha barrel of laughsa laugh a minuteOpposite serious
   • 2. relating to or affected with hysteria: "the doctor thinks the condition is partly hysterical"

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