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hys·ter·i·cal
 hysterical
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- pronunciation:
- hih
ste
rih
k
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, concerning, or caused or characterized by hysteria.
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| definition 2: |
having or tending to have hysterics; uncontrollably emotional or irrational.
- similar words:
- wild
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| definition 3: |
causing uncontrollable laughter; wildly funny.
That comic act was hysterical!- similar words:
- hilarious, in the aisles
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| related words: |
delirious, furious, laughable, maniac, overwrought, panic |
adverb + (adj.)hysterical
absolutely, almost, faintly, little, nearly, pretty, slightly, somewhat, totally
(adj.)hysterical
+ noun
blindness,
bride,
burst,
cop,
cry,
crying,
denial,
despair,
fear,
fit,
giggle,
glee,
humor,
joy,
laugh,
laughter,
outburst,
panic,
paralysis,
pitch,
pregnancy,
psychosis,
rage,
reaction,
relief,
scream,
screech,
shriek,
sob,
strength,
symptom,
tear,
tone
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| derivation: |
hysterically (adv.) |
The word hysterical
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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