Meaning

Of, or arising from hysteria..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of, or arising from hysteria.
2. Having, or prone to having hysterics.
3. Provoking uncontrollable laughter.

Example Sentences

Henrietta gasped for breath; but she swallowed down the hysterical emotion, and signed with her hand for Walter to go on.

An event of this nature, a marriage, or a refusal, or a proposal, thrills through a whole household of women, and sets all their hysterical sympathies at work.

She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.

There is a certain irony in all of this because in their hysterical use of charge of “double standard” – that Israel is being “singled out for criticism”– it is Israel’s supporters who are themselves guilty of a “double standard”, since, if they were to have their way, it is Israel that would be singled out as the only country that cannot be criticised.

Word Forms

• more hysterical
• most hysterical

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When Should You Use Hysterical?

Use hysterical when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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