Definition of hysterical Hysterical

/hɪstɛˈɹɪkʌl/ - [histerikul] - hys•ter•i•cal

We found 6 definitions of hysterical from 3 different sources.

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What does hysterical mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

hysterical - marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; "hysterical laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes"
  agitated troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"
hysterical - characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia"
  hysteric
  psychoneurotic, neurotic affected with emotional disorder
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  • hysterical (a.)
    Of or pertaining to hysteria; affected, or troubled, with hysterics; convulsive, fitful.

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