hysterical

Words with a similar base: hysterical

'hysterical'

[hysteric.s.01] as in: characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; - Morris Fishbein

Examples:
during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered
hysterical amnesia

'hysterical'

[hysterical.s.02] as in: marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion

Examples:
hysterical laughter
a mob of hysterical vigilantes

Origins

					hysterical (English)
├── -al (English)
└── hysteric (English)
    └── hystericus (Latin)
        └── ὑστερικός (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
            └── ὑστέρα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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