hysterically
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4.8
- adverb
- /hɪˈstɛrɪkli/
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histéricamente
- She was laughing hysterically during the comedy show, unable to control her emotions.
- laughing hysterically
- crying hysterically
- screaming hysterically
And then I held this little boy while he cried hysterically for almost an hour.
- And then I held this little boy while he cried hysterically for almost an hour.
- And I held that little boy while he cried hysterically for almost an hour.
- And we're sitting on the couch and Ruby starts hysterically crying.
- I fall on all fours, convulsing, hysterical, hysterically crying, shaking on the floor.
- It's it's it's it's almost hysterically funny.
- So we just kind of like went back and forth and we both were like hysterically crying.
- Dude was like having a complete meltdown, like crying hysterically.
- It came up and out my shorts from the top and through the bottom and I'm just laughing hysterically.
- We would we would have a Heineken and sometimes a little crown and and we'd watch The Golden Girls and he would laugh hysterically.
- We end up getting back after, you know, just a few stitches and then we put on the Theo Von Netflix special, laughing hysterically.
Examples
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And so I'm on the plane and I'm sobbing hysterically because this is happening to my best friends.
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I'm getting complaints about a woman crying hysterically.
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And I remember him laughing hysterically at this guy.
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By the time we left, I did not know whether to laugh hysterically or simply cry.
Fiction book (1998) -
And then I held this little boy while he cried hysterically for almost an hour.
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And yes, they were hysterically laughing because they threw gum in my hair.
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And soon kids were running around laughing hysterically and screaming "Crazy Eddie!"
Fiction book (1998) -
Then they laughed hysterically, slammed the door, and were gone, leaving us in darkness.
Fiction book (1991) -
The next image I have is Rudi sobbing hysterically and being sick all over the stairs.
Fiction book (1995) -
Eric grabs a woman teller who is crying hysterically and lifts her to her feet.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
61
3.2
In a very wild and uncontrolled way
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5.6
You cannot stop doing something because of strong feeling
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2.5
In a very funny way that makes people laugh
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7.9
In a very wild and excited way without control
5
6.3
With extreme joy and excitement that feels wild
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6.3
In a very loud, happy way that makes people laugh
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7.9
Very funny or easy to notice
Antonyms
How Hysterical
Surface Forms
Morphology
hysterically = hysterical (transparent) = hysteric + al + ly
The adverbial form 'hysterically' is clearly derived from the adjective 'hysterical' by adding the suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
Hysterically comes from the ancient Greek word hystera, meaning 'womb'; long ago some people believed the womb caused strong, wild emotions, so words like hysteria and hysteric described extreme, uncontrolled feeling. That's why hysterically now means doing something with wild, hard-to-control emotion, like loud laughing or crying.