All 6 Uses
hysteria
in
The Kill Order
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- Teresa thought for a horrifying second that he might wake up, hysterical from the agony—things were inside his head doing who knew what to his brain.†
p. 2.6hysterical = exceedingly funny (resulting in uncontrollable laughter); or exhibiting excessive, uncontrollable emotion
- Then, more alarmingly, the noises spread in a circle around the clearing of the bonfire until it was completely surrounded by a chorus of caws and cuckoos and roars and hysterical laughter.†
p. 129.9
- He practically screamed the last sentence and once again sent the crowd into a fit of near hysterics.†
p. 185.1 *
- There were people all around him, hissing, baring their teeth, dancing about on their feet, all wild eyes and hysterical laughter.†
p. 269.8hysterical = exceedingly funny (resulting in uncontrollable laughter); or exhibiting excessive, uncontrollable emotion
- The shouts had reached a hysterical pitch.†
p. 273.3
- Screams and hysterical cries for help filled the air.†
p. 284.1
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)