HYSTERICAL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HYSTERICAL?

Need another word that means the same as “hysterical”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “hysterical” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Hysterical” are: hysteric, overwrought, emotional, uncontrolled, uncontrollable, out of control, unrestrained, unrestrainable, frenzied, in a frenzy, frantic, wild, feverish, hilarious, uproarious, very funny, very amusing, comical, comic, farcical

Hysterical as an Adjective

Definitions of "Hysterical" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hysterical” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria.
• Marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion.
• Extremely funny.
• Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion.
• Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria- Morris Fishbein.
• Relating to or suffering from hysteria.

Synonyms of "Hysterical" as an adjective (20 Words)

comic	Relating to or in the style of comedy. A comic actor.
comical	Arousing or provoking laughter. A series of comical misunderstandings.
emotional	Arousing or characterized by intense feeling. An emotional speech.
farcical	Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce. The wild farcical exuberance of a clown.
feverish	Of or relating to or characterized by fever. The next couple of weeks were spent in a whirl of feverish activity.
frantic	Conducted in a hurried, excited, and disorganized way. Something frantic in their gaiety.
frenzied	Affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason- H.W.Carter. A frenzied attack.
hilarious	Boisterously merry. Her hilarious novel.
hysteric	Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria. Hysterical amnesia.
in a frenzy	Currently fashionable.
out of control	Directed outward or serving to direct something outward.
overwrought	Deeply agitated especially from emotion. Overwrought prose.
uncontrollable	Difficult to solve or alleviate. Her brother had an uncontrollable temper.
uncontrolled	Not controlled. In mice the growth was uncontrolled and resembled cancer.
unrestrainable	That cannot be restrained; irrepressible.
unrestrained	Not subject to restraint. A display of unrestrained delight.
uproarious	Uncontrollably noisy. An uproarious party.
very amusing	Precisely as stated.
very funny	Precisely as stated.
wild	Produced from wild animals or plants without cultivation. Edible wild plants.

Usage Examples of "Hysterical" as an adjective

• Her attempts to teach them to dance were hysterical.
• A mob of hysterical vigilantes.
• The band were mobbed by hysterical fans.
• Janet became hysterical and began screaming.
• Hysterical amnesia.
• Hysterical laughter.
• During hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered.

Associations of "Hysterical" (30 Words)

anxiety	A relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic. He felt a surge of anxiety.
apprehensive	Relating to perception or understanding. Apprehensive about her job.
dejection	A sad and depressed state; low spirits. He was slumped in deep dejection.
distrait	Distracted or absent-minded. He seemed oddly distrait.
distraught	Very worried and upset. Distraught with grief.
distressed	(of property) offered for sale cheaply due to mortgage foreclosure or because it is part of an insolvent estate. Distressed companies need loans and technical advice.
disturbed	Affected with madness or insanity. Disturbed sleep.
fear	An unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm. He is prey to irrational fears.
frenzied	Wildly excited or uncontrolled. The prosecutor s frenzied denunciation of the accused.
frenzy	State of violent mental agitation. Doreen worked herself into a frenzy of rage.
grief	Something that causes great unhappiness. Time heals griefs and quarrels.
hypochondriac	Suffering from hypochondria.
ill	Presaging ill fortune. I have had a run of ill luck.
insecurity	The anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure. The insecurity of wireless networks.
mad	Make someone mad. He felt as if he were going mad.
maladjusted	Not well adjusted. A maladjusted child.
manic	Frantically busy; hectic. The pace is utterly manic.
neurosis	A relatively mild mental illness that is not caused by organic disease, involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviour, hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reality. Freud s two stage account of neurosis.
neurotic	A neurotic person. He seemed a neurotic self obsessed character.
paranoia	A psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur. Mild paranoia afflicts all prime ministers.
paroxysm	A sudden uncontrollable attack. Paroxysms of ataxia and shaking.
pathological	Caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology. A pathological liar.
phobic	Suffering from irrational fears. Treatment for phobic anxiety.
schizophrenia	(in general use) a mentality or approach characterized by inconsistent or contradictory elements. Gibraltar s schizophrenia continues to be fed by colonial pride.
spinster	An elderly unmarried woman.
troubled	Showing distress or anxiety. A troubled expression.
unbalanced	Debits and credits are not equal. This may give an unbalanced impression of the competition.
uneasy	Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety. She fell into an uneasy sleep.
upset	The act of upsetting something. An upset stomach.
worried	Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief. A worried frown.