hysterical
adjective
uk/hɪˈster.ɪ.kəl/us/hɪˈster.ɪ.kəl/C1
unabletocontrolyourfeelingsorbehaviourbecause you areextremelyfrightened,angry,excited, etc.:
歇斯底里的，情绪过分激动的Calm down, you're getting hysterical.冷静下来，你过于激动了。
Thepolicewereaccusedof hysterical over-reaction.警方被指责有些歇斯底里、反应过激。
hystericallaughter(=uncontrolledlaughter)歇斯底里般的笑声
informal
extremelyfunny:
极为滑稽的His lastfilmwas hysterical.他的最新影片非常滑稽。
causing laughter
- funnyShe told me a funny story about Max.
- amusingI gave her an article that I thought she would find amusing.
- humorousShe wrote a humorous account of her teenage years.
- hilariousIt's the most hilarious comedy on television.
- hystericalI've just read his autobiography - it's absolutely hysterical.
- IsuspectthedoctorthoughtI was just another hystericalfemale, getting allworkedup about nothing.
- Sherangup in a hystericalstate, saying that herhusbandhadslappedher.
- Allright,calmdown, don't get hysterical. There's a lot ofblood, butactuallyit's not thatserious.
- There was apredictablyhystericalreactionfrom thepresswhen thenewswasannounced.
- The victim'swifewas hysterical withgriefand had to besedated.
Becoming too excited and easily upset
- ado
- ant
- antsy
- at the end ofyourtetheridiom
- be in a whirlidiom
- demented
- febrile
- have ants inyourpantsidiom
- have thin/thick skinidiom
- high-strung
- highly strung
- hot under the collaridiom
- hysterics
- lather
- overeager
- overeagerness
- oversensitive
- overwrought
- shockable
- whirl
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