Hysterical Definition & Meaning
hysterical
- adjective
- characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia"
- marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; "hysterical laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes"
"Hysterical" in song lyrics
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"Her voice trembled, she was hysterical"
Big Ed f/ Master P — Life -
"Passing fire back and forth, until the legs dance hysterical"
Buck 65 f/ Claire Berest — Drawing Curtains -
"I'm half street, half spiritual, half sane, half hysterical"
Chief Kamachi and A.G. — The Meanin'
Words that rhyme with hysterical
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- What does hysterical mean?
- characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia" marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; "hysterical laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes"
- What part of speech is hysterical?
- Hysterical is an adjective.
- How many definitions does hysterical have?
- Hysterical has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).