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hysterical adjective [ hɪˈstɛrɪk(ə)l ]

• affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion.
• "Janet became hysterical and began screaming"
Similar: overwrought, emotional, uncontrolled, uncontrollable, out of control, unrestrained, unrestrainable, frenzied, in a frenzy, frantic, wild, feverish, beside oneself, driven to distraction, in a panic, agitated, neurotic, mad, crazed, berserk, maniac, maniacal, manic, delirious, unhinged, deranged, out of one's mind, out of one's wits, raving, in a state, swivel-eyed,
Opposite: calm, self-possessed,
• relating to or suffering from hysteria.


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