hysterical
adjective uk/hɪˈster.ɪ.kəl/ us/hɪˈster.ɪ.kəl/
C1 歇斯底里的，情绪过分激动的
unable to control your feelings or behaviour because you are extremely frightened, angry, excited, etc.
Calm down, you're getting hysterical. 冷静下来，你过于激动了。
The police were accused of hysterical over-reaction. 警方被指责有些歇斯底里、反应过激。
hysterical laughter (= uncontrolled laughter) 歇斯底里般的笑声
informal极为滑稽的
extremely funny
His last film was hysterical. 他的最新影片非常滑稽。
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- I suspect the doctor thought I was just another hysterical female, getting all worked up about nothing.
- She rang up in a hysterical state, saying that her husband had slapped her.
- All right, calm down, don't get hysterical. There's a lot of blood, but actually it's not that serious.
- There was a predictably hysterical reaction from the press when the news was announced.
- The victim's wife was hysterical with grief and had to be sedated.