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hysteria
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After the First Death
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- It reminded me of old movies on television where someone is screaming hysterically and someone else slaps; the screamer and the hysterics die down.†
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- Well, I wasn't, screaming hysterically but I must admit that I was hysterical all right.†
Part 1hysterical = exceedingly funny (resulting in uncontrollable laughter); or exhibiting excessive, uncontrollable emotion
- You can be hysterical without screaming or ranting and raving, or hitting your head against a wall.†
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- You can be quietly hysterical sitting in a dorm talking to your mother, watching the September sun climbing the wall like a ladder as it filters in through a sagging shutter.†
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- Or am I getting hysterical?†
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- Or was she getting hysterical?†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(hysteria) a state of excessive, uncontrollable emotionIn addition to being the adjective form of hysteria, the form hysterical can also indicate that something is exceedingly funny (leading to uncontrollable laughter)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)