hysterical
hys·te·ri·cal
adjective
1.
characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
- “during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered” Morris Fishbein
- “hysterical amnesia”
2.
marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion
- “hysterical laughter”
- “a mob of hysterical vigilantes”
Origin
From hysteric + -al, from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the womb, hysterical”), from ῠ̔στέρᾱ (hŭstérā, “womb”).
Phrases
- hysterical blindness
- hysterical historical
- hysterical realism
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