Definitions for hysterical

Overview of adj hysterical

The adj hysterical has 2 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (3) hysteric, hysterical

(characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia")

2. (1) hysterical

(marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; "hysterical laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes")