adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a hysterical giggle (= that someone cannot control )
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The children were all in hysterical giggles.
hysterical laughter (= laughter that is out of control because someone is very excited, nervous etc )
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She burst into hysterical laughter.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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If Chartres has an atmosphere of almost hysterical ecstasy, then Brigflatts has an air of honest calm and loving peace.
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Spanking Lanie caused her to scream and seem almost hysterical .
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She felt an almost hysterical desire to scream at them all.
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Mum was devastated, almost hysterical .
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Rosten's voice was almost hysterical now.
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At first Eva and her assistant did not believe it, but the second girl was almost hysterical .
nearly
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Otherwise sane men were nearly hysterical trying to get rebels to change their minds.
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The diplomatic cables to Washington must have been nearly hysterical with pleas to drop the hunting trip.
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Excitement over the Olympics has reached nearly hysterical proportions in the city.
■ NOUN
laughter
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Mr Morgan and his organ releasing them into hysterical laughter had anaesthetized the horror of the past.
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The sound of hysterical laughter swept through the new arrivals as they looked at each other.
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The big problem for anybody watching the opening ceremony must have been suppressing whoops of hysterical laughter .
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They made a sound like hysterical laughter as they played their games.
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A bubble of hysterical laughter rose to her lips.
woman
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The hysterical woman was the middle-class woman of leisure deprived of productive labour and imprisoned in dependence on her family.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hysterical fans tried to stop Damon's car at the airport.
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Hysterical parents were calling the school for details of the accident.
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He got a hysterical phone call from his mother in the middle of the night.
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It's a hysterical movie.
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The crowd went hysterical as Juventus scored in the last minute of the game.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For over an hour three different nurses told her that she was hysterical .
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Gran told her that mum had to go into hospital because she was hysterical !!
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I knew I would be hysterical when I heard your voice.
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It feels like an all-news network should: instant, informed, urgent without being hysterical .
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Mr Morgan and his organ releasing them into hysterical laughter had anaesthetized the horror of the past.
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Spanking Lanie caused her to scream and seem almost hysterical .
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The people were a little hysterical .
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They look like jittery, hysterical little birds crowded together on a power line.