What does hysterical mean?

Definitions for hysterical
hɪˈstɛr ɪ kəlhys·ter·i·cal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hysteric, hystericaladjective

    characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria

    "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia"

  2. hystericaladjective

    marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion

    "hysterical laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes"

GCIDE

  1. Hystericaladjective

    In a state of panic or behaving in a wild irrational manner, due to fear or emotional trauma.

  2. Hystericaladjective

    Resembling hysteria; as, hysterical laughter.

Wiktionary

  1. hystericaladjective

    Of, or arising from hysteria.

  2. hystericaladjective

    Having, or prone to having hysterics.

  3. hystericaladjective

    Provoking uncontrollable laughter.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Hysterical, Hysterickadjective

    Etymology: hysterique, French; ὑστεριϰὸς.

    In hysterick women the rarity of symptoms doth oft strike such an astonishment into spectators, that they report them possessed with the devil. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.

    Many hysterical women are sensible of wind passing from the womb. John Floyer, on the Humours.

    Parent of vapours, and of female wit,
    Who gave th’ hysterick or poetick fit. Alexander Pope, Ra. of the Lock.

    This terrible scene made too violent an impression upon a woman in her condition, and threw her into a strong hysterick fit. Scriblerus Club , Mart. Scribl.

ChatGPT

  1. hysterical

    Hysterical is an adjective that describes behavior or actions that are extremely emotional, exaggerated, uncontrollable or frantic, often caused by fear, panic, or humor. It can refer to something being extremely funny or to a state of uncontrolled extreme emotion, like fear or excitement. The term originates from the medical diagnosis "hysteria", which was once a common psychological diagnosis for women.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hystericaladjective

    of or pertaining to hysteria; affected, or troubled, with hysterics; convulsive, fitful

  2. Etymology: [L. hystericus, Gr. , fr. "yste`ra the womb; perh. akin to latter, later, and E. utter, out.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hysterical in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hysterical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of hysterical in a Sentence

  1. Andrew Clark:

    While President Trump took decisive action in January to form the task force and shut down travel with China, President Trump was criticizing The President as' hysterical' and' xenophobic,'.

  2. Spiro Agnew:

    In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism. They have formed their own 4H Clubthe hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.

  3. Jim Rader:

    We were just hysterical laughing about this, it was an exciting novelty that Bernard Sanders had the chutzpah to jump in there.

  4. Joe Biden on Friday:

    We have, right now, a crisis with the coronavirus, this is no time for Donald Trump's record of hysteria and xenophobia - hysterical xenophobia - and fearmongering to lead the way instead of science.

  5. Oprah Winfrey:

    People talk about 'these are such dark times', but what if we shift the paradigm? Because I see it differently, i see, 'Isn't this remarkable that we're waking up?' For years, women have endured craziness. This is what's happening to people. They're allowing themselves to not just become corroded, but to become hysterical. You've got to lean to the happiness.

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