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   hysterical

   /hɪˈstɛrɪkl/

   adjective

   • 1. affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion: "Janet became hysterical and began screaming" Similar overwroughtemotionaluncontrolleduncontrollableout of controlunrestrainedunrestrainablefrenziedin a frenzyfranticwildfeverishbeside oneselfdriven to distractionin a panicagitatedneuroticmadcrazedberserkmaniacmaniacalmanicdeliriousunhingedderangedout of one's mindout of one's witsravinginformal:in a stateswivel-eyedOpposite calmself-possessed
   • ▪ extremely funny: informal "her attempts to teach them to dance were hysterical" Similar hilariousuproariousvery funnyvery amusingcomicalcomicfarcicalinformal:hysterically funnyside-splittingrib-ticklingkillingkillingly funnyscreamingly funnya screama hoota laugha barrel of laughsa laugh a minuteOpposite serious
   • 2. relating to or affected with hysteria.

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