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Definition of hysterical:
Synonyms:
frantic, suffering from hysteria, angry, in a fit, incensed, tempest-tossed, convulsive, harrowed, wrought-up, raging, fanatical, rabid, emotional, confused, distracted, passionate, maddened, unrestrained, boiling, panic-stricken, frothing, fiery, turbulent, violent, jittery, carried away, cracked wide open, crazed, overexcited, distraught, wild-eyed, impassioned, blazing, psychoneurotic, thing, affected with hysteria, hysteric, morbidly excited, resembling hysteria, amuck, rampant, overwrought, tempestuous, impetuous, uncontrollable, furious, irrepressible, neurotic, wildly emotional, on a crying jag, raving, possessed, on a laughing jag, excited, beside oneself, troubled, agitated, vehement, unnerved, spasmodic, uncontrolled, nervous, emotionally disordered, in a frazzle, uproarious, fuming.
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insane (part of speech: adjective)
- demented,
- maniacal,
- kooky,
- feverish,
- babbling,
- lunatic,
- insane,
- deranged,
- crack-brained,
- brain-sick,
- psychotic,
- nutty,
- mad,
- unbalanced,
- berserk,
- crazy,
- frenzied,
- delirious,
- neurotic,
- schizoid,
- psycho,
- blithering,
- batty,
- irrational
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psychical (part of speech: adjective)
- mystical,
- supernatural,
- astrological,
- psychic,
- psychoanalytical,
- hypnotic,
- telepathic,
- mental,
- subliminal,
- psychological,
- spiritual,
- hallucinatory
Usage examples:
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" I should have hated to look at it again, if I had," was the hysterical reply.
- "Banked Fires", E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi. -
- "The Last Shot", Frederick Palmer.
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She starts violently, with a hysterical taking- in of her breath, and an expression of fear and horror, as she knows this is the final moment of parting.
- "Dramatic Technique", George Pierce Baker.