| 单词 | hysterical |
| 释义 | hysterical (once / 964 pages) adj Hysterical means "marked by uncontrollable, extreme emotion." If your favorite sports team wins a championship, you might get hysterical and started weeping and screaming all at once. Hysterical comes from the medical Latin word hystericus, which described a female neurotic condition, thought to be caused by a dysfunction of the uterus. Hysterical is still used today by psychiatrists, though in a broader way, to describe someone suffering from a psychological stress condition. Hysterical can also mean "extremely funny," even more so than hilarious. WORD FAMILYhysterical: hysterically+/hysteria: hysterias, hysterical/hysteric: hysteria, hysterics USAGE EXAMPLESWe drank some beers and tried to entertain our son who was hysterical with exhaustion. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) But Leicestershire Chief Constable Simon Cole said it was sometimes wrongly presented in "hysterical" terms as a spying operation. BBC(Dec 26, 2016) Headlines about China’s attacks bordered on the hysterical. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) 1adj characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein hysterical amnesia Syn hysteric neurotic, psychoneurotic affected with emotional disorder 2adj marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion hysterical laughter a mob of hysterical vigilantes Syn agitated troubled emotionally and usually deeply |
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