hysterical
Hysterical means "marked by uncontrollable, extreme emotion." If your favorite sports team wins a championship, you might get hysterical and start weeping and screaming all at once.
Hysterical comes from the medical Latin word hystericus, which described a female neurotic condition, thought to be caused by a dysfunction of the uterus. Hysterical is still used today by psychiatrists, though in a broader way, to describe someone suffering from a psychological stress condition. Hysterical can also mean "extremely funny," even more so than hilarious.
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characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria“"during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein”“hysterical amnesia”synonyms: hysteric
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marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion“hysterical laughter”“a mob of hysterical vigilantes”synonyms:agitatedtroubled emotionally and usually deeply
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