Hysterical

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hysterical \hys*ter"ic*al\ a.
     Extremely funny. [Colloq.]
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Hysteric \Hys*ter"ic\, Hysterical \Hys*ter"ic*al\, a. [L.
     hystericus, Gr. ?, fr. "yste`ra the womb; perh. akin to ?
     latter, later, and E. utter, out.]
     1. Of or pertaining to hysteria.
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              With no hysteric weakness or feverish excitement,
              they preserved their peace and patience. --Bancroft.
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     2. In a state of hysteria; affected, or troubled, with
        hysterics; uncontrollably emotional; convulsive, fitful.
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     3. In a state of panic or behaving in a wild irrational
        manner, due to fear or emotional trauma.
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     4. Resembling hysteria; as, hysterical laughter.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hysterical
       adj 1: characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria;
              "during hysterical conditions various functions of the
              human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein;
              "hysterical amnesia" [syn: {hysteric}]
       2: marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; "hysterical
          laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "hysterical":
     abandoned, amok, at fever pitch, bellowing, berserk, carried away,
     comical, crazed, delirious, demoniac, disordered, distracted,
     disturbed, ecstatic, emotionalistic, emotive, enraptured,
     fanatical, farcical, febrile, feral, ferocious, feverish, fierce,
     frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fulminating, funny, furious, haggard,
     hammy, hectic, hilarious, histrionic, hog-wild, howling,
     hypochondriac, hysteric, in a transport, in hysterics, infatuated,
     insane, intoxicated, irrational, mad, madding, maniac,
     melodramatic, neurasthenic, neurotic, nonrational, orgasmic,
     orgiastic, overanxious, overdesirous, overeager, overemotional,
     overenthusiastic, overzealous, perfervid, phobic, possessed,
     psychasthenic, psychoneurotic, rabid, raging, ramping, ranting,
     raving, ravished, roaring, running mad, sensational,
     sensationalistic, storming, theatrical, transported, ultrazealous,
     uncontrollable, uncontrolled, unreasoning, unrestrained,
     uproarious, violent, wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking