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No one who has experienced facing a screaming, boiling, hysterical audience can avoid feeling shivers in the spine. It's a thin line between celebration and menace.
Agnetha Faltskog

Meaning of "hysterical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYSTERICAL

hysterical  [hɪˈstɛrɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYSTERICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hysterical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HYSTERICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hysterical in the English dictionary

The first definition of hysterical in the dictionary is of or suggesting hysteria. Other definition of hysterical is suffering from hysteria. Hysterical is also wildly funny.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYSTERICAL


alphamerical
ˌælfəˈmɛrɪkəl
alphanumerical
ˌælfənjuːˈmɛrɪkəl
anticlerical
ˌæntɪˈklɛrɪkəl
chimerical
kaɪˈmɛrɪkəl
clerical
ˈklɛrɪkəl
congenerical
ˌkɒndʒɪˈnɛrɪkəl
electrical
ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl
empirical
ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl
generical
dʒɪˈnɛrɪkəl
helispherical
ˌhɛlɪˈsfɛrɪkəl
historical
hɪˈstɒrɪkəl
microspherical
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈsfɛrɪkəl
nonclerical
ˌnɒnˈklɛrɪkəl
numerical
njuːˈmɛrɪkəl
peripherical
ˌpɛrɪˈfɛrɪkəl
phylacterical
ˌfɪlækˈtɛrɪkəl
rhinocerical
ˌraɪnəˈsɛrɪkəl
spherical
ˈsfɛrɪkəl
theatrical
θɪˈætrɪkəl
unclerical
ʌnˈklɛrɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYSTERICAL

hysterectomize
hysterectomy
hystereses
hysteresial
hysteresis
hysteresis loop
hysteretic
hysteretically
hysteria
hysteric
hysterically
hystericky
hysterics
hysteritis
hysterogenic
hysterogeny
hysteroid
hysteroidal
hysteromania
hysteron proteron

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYSTERICAL

ahistorical
allegorical
aspherical
asymmetrical
bioelectrical
biometrical
categorical
chemical
diametrical
geometrical
hemispherical
lyrical
metaphorical
metrical
obstetrical
rhetorical
satirical
semiempirical
symmetrical
unhistorical
unsymmetrical

Synonyms and antonyms of hysterical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HYSTERICAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hysterical» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hysterical

Translation of «hysterical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYSTERICAL

Find out the translation of hysterical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hysterical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hysterical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

歇斯底里的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

histérico
570 millions of speakers

English

hysterical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उन्माद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هستيري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

истерика
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

histérico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হিস্টিরিয়া-গ্রস্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hystérique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Histeris
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hysterisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

狂乱の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

히스테리의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hysterical
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

loạn trí
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெறி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फेपऱ्याचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

isterik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

isterico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

histeryczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

істерика
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

isteric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υστερική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

histeriese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hysterisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hysterisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hysterical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYSTERICAL»

The term «hysterical» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.256 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYSTERICAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hysterical» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hysterical» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hysterical

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10 QUOTES WITH «HYSTERICAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hysterical.
1
Darren Aronofsky
Classical scores go up and down; they're kind of hysterical in a way. And movie scores are much more - they just drive and move forward, and they build and can't go up and down at that same speed. It's a big job to turn that into something that pushes the movie along.
2
Ike Barinholtz
My celeb crush is Julia Louis-Dreyfus. She's hysterical, she's beautiful, and she seems like a normal person. I'm in love with her.
3
Fred Barnes
Obama sounded like Al Gore on global warming. The more the case for man-made warming falls apart, the more hysterical Gore gets about an imminent catastrophe. The more public support his stimulus bill loses, the more Obama embraces fear-mongering.
4
Tom Berenger
There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress.
5
Peter Brimelow
Immigration enthusiasts are so hysterical.
6
Ruth Buzzi
The original Dean Martin Comedy Hour handed me some hysterical sketches. I've got highlights on tons of these variety shows, given to me by their great writers. I'd love to be doing all that again.
7
Erica Cerra
My most memorable recognition story was in Venice, Italy. My fiance and I were renting a car, and I was recognized by the person standing behind me by my voice. I thought that was hysterical!
8
Carrie Coon
There's this thing in TV that I find hysterical where the writers and creators will ask us if you want to know what happens to your character or if you want to experience it episode by episode. In the theatre, we always know the ending; we always know where the character is going.
9
Kate Dickie
I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
10
Agnetha Faltskog
No one who has experienced facing a screaming, boiling, hysterical audience can avoid feeling shivers in the spine. It's a thin line between celebration and menace.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYSTERICAL»

Discover the use of hysterical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hysterical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hysterical Men: War, Psychiatry, and the Politics of Trauma ...
Hysterical Men shows how wartime psychiatry furthered the process of medical rationalization.
Paul Frederick Lerner, 2003
2
Hysterical Men: The Hidden History of Male Nervous Illness
This book boldly challenges this triumphant vision of the stable and secure male by examining the central role played by modern science and medicine in constructing and sustaining it.
Mark S MICALE, Mark S Micale, 2009
3
Hysterical Blindness
SCENT OF THE ROSES is a jewel of a play...a healing play for the aftermath of apartheid's segregation policies.
Laura Cahill, 1999
4
Hysterical Psychosis: A Historical Survey
Hysterical Psychosis is divided into three sections. The first part of the book carries the reader back to the second half of the nineteenth century, the heyday of the study of hysteria on the eve of the discovery of psychonanalysis.
Katrien Libbrecht, 1994
5
Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Media
Showalter takes on the history of mass cultural hysteria, from witch hunts to mesmerism, and discusses today's versions--ranging from chronic fatigue or Gulf War Syndrome to recovered memories--and the attendant publicity.
Elaine Showalter, 1998
6
Radiohead: Hysterical and Useless
Music.
Martin Clarke, 2009
7
Early Christian Women and Pagan Opinion: The Power of the ...
A study of how women figured in public reaction to the church from New Testament times to the second century CE. MacDonald shows the conviction of pagan writers that female initiative was central to Christianity's development, and the ...
Margaret Y. MacDonald, 1996
8
How Hysterical: Identification and Resistance in the Bible ...
By reading scenes from films alongside biblical texts, this book analyses biblical influence in culture.
Erin Runions, 2003
9
Popular Medicine, Hysterical Disease, and Social Controversy ...
Kaara L. Peterson assembles a fascinating collection of medical materials to support her discussion of contemporary debates about varieties of uterine pathologies and the implications of these debates for our understanding of drama's ...
Kaara L. Peterson, 2010
10
Awful First Dates: Hysterical, True, and Heartbreakingly Bad
" From the guy who chews on rocks to the one who has his mom tag along, Awful First Dates is filled with hilarious, cringe-worthy, holy-crap-did-that-really-happen?! stories from celebrities like Lauren Conrad and Michael Kors, you'll laugh ...
Sarah Wexler, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYSTERICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hysterical is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hysterical tweets capture the 'deals' found on #AmazonPrimeDay …
Amazon Prime day is over, and social media is doing what social media does best – expressing its thoughts and opinions on the matter. «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
2
Terrified Grandma's Reaction To Roller Coaster Ride Is Absolutely …
Terrified Grandma's Reaction To Roller Coaster Ride Is Absolutely Hysterical. Headshot of Yagana Shah. Yagana Shah Associate Editor, The ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Hysterical Literature by Clayton Cubitt: Read Until Orgasm | Vanity Fair
Hysterical Literature,” Cubitt's online video project, debuted in August of 2012 on YouTube with Session One starring the charming, girlish alt-porn star Stoya. «Vanity Fair, Jul 15»
4
Abe Foxman is wrong: US Jews aren't becoming 'hysterical'
Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman, in his final public statement as head of the ADL, has charged that “many” ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
5
This Swimmer Is Beyond Shocked That He Won Gold And It's …
This Swimmer Is Beyond Shocked That He Won Gold And It's Hysterical. 0shares. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ ... «Next Impulse Sports, Jul 15»
6
Amy Schumer And LeBron James Have Hysterical Plans For …
This Friday, movie-goers around the country will have the opportunity to watch Amy Schumer and Bill Hader fall in love in the new Judd ... «Cinema Blend, Jul 15»
7
Historic agreement for Tehran prompts hysterical reaction in Tel Aviv
It was 12 years in the making and frankly many of us never believed it would happen, but just a few hours ago Iran and six major world powers ... «Middle East Monitor, Jul 15»
8
Consumer media gets hysterical over drought
It's a little hard to imagine the crimp of the water restrictions and drought out West when, here in the Kansas City area, it's getting easier to count ... «The Packer, Jul 15»
9
Hysterical Society Variety Show” takes place July 17
HONESDALE - The Cooperage is hosting a variety show, Friday, July 17 from 7 to 10 p.m. to support the Wayne County Historical Society. «NEagle, Jul 15»
10
Conan's Batman V Superman Trailer Is Hysterical
Tomorrow at their Hall H panel, Warner Bros. will feature the upcoming Batman v Superman, and there's expected to be a new preview ... «Cinema Blend, Jul 15»

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