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hysterical
adjective
marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion
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hɪˈstɛɹɪkəl
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adjective
marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion
“hysterical laughter”
adjective
characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
“{'source': 'Morris Fishbein', 'text': 'during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered'}”
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hysterical laughter
a mob of hysterical vigilantes
{'source': 'Morris Fishbein', 'text': 'during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered'}
hysterical amnesia
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