C1 unable to control your feelings or behaviour because you are extremely frightened, angry, excited, etc.歇斯底里的,情绪过分激动的
informal extremely funny极为滑稽的
More examples
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.
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worked up | ➔ | panicky | ➔ | hysterical |
overwrought | frantic | |||
panic-stricken | ||||
beside yourself | ||||
delirious | ||||
incoherent |
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