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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

hysterical

 adjective
     
hys‧ter‧i‧cal
1MI unable to control your behaviour or emotions because you are very upset, afraid, excited etc:
Janet became hysterical and began screaming.
Everyone in the studio burst into hysterical laughter.
2 informal extremely funny [= hilarious]:
It was absolutely hysterical! I've never laughed so much.
—hysterically adverb
WORD FOCUS: funny WORD FOCUS: funny
similar words: amusing, humorous, witty, comical
very funny: hilarious, hysterical
something that someone says that is intended to make people laugh: joke, pun, play on wordsfunny

➔ See also funny
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