What is the meaning of hysterical?

adjective

  • Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria.
    • usage: "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia"
  • Marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion.
    • usage: "hysterical laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes"
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