How do you use Hysterical in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like hysteric or neurotic, plus the exact meaning.
Hysterical meaning
- Of, or arising from hysteria.
- Having, or prone to having hysterics.
- Provoking uncontrollable laughter.
Using Hysterical
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, or arising from hysteria. | Having, or prone to having hysterics. | Provoking uncontrollable laughter.
- Useful related words include: hysteric, neurotic, psychoneurotic, agitated.
- In the example corpus, hysterical often appears in combinations such as: the hysterical, hysterical and, was hysterical.
Context around Hysterical
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hysterical
- In this selection, "hysterical" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, practically, top, labeled, fittingly, online and mess stand out and add context to how "hysterical" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include always be hysterical lawyers who and antics were hysterical. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hysterical" sits close to words such as abuser, acquires and agarwal, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hysterical
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They turned hysterical after 2020. (5 words)
She thinks this whole situation is hysterical. (7 words)
And of course, I was practically hysterical, that was terrifying. (10 words)
There are personal items everywhere, from well-used vegan and hot sauce cookbooks to a parrot ornament that was bought to remind the kids of their hysterical laughter when parrots in Colombia repeatedly swooped on Gabrielle’s head. (38 words)
When ordinary people comment about the shocking sentences meted out on the perpetrators of crime there will always be hysterical lawyers who will bleat that those who know nothing of the law should keep their mouths shut. (37 words)
I’m coming to the conclusion that this hysterical desire to transition children to another gender by ignoring evidence of harm is part of a mass psychosis that otherwise intelligent, able adults have succumbed to. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Also written by Winters, it’s hysterical; fittingly, Winters’s Q&A was both edifying and entertaining.
And of course, I was practically hysterical, that was terrifying.
As an antagonistic character in the episode, Louis is pretty funny, and Alan's constant attempts to gain his favor are over-the-top hysterical.
A TikTok mom is being labeled “hysterical” online after recounting the time she reprimanded a stranger for approaching her in a parking lot.
Call women and those who speak up about the dangers of nuclear technology as radiophobic, hysterical, and incapable of understanding science.
Fernandez ran to a recruit who was on the ground, hysterical and trying to get up.
Helen says she was a "hysterical mess" at this point, believing she was stranded.
He sounds like that hysterical alarmist JHK, snickering as we’re all led by the good Shepard away from the Orange Jackal and into the baptism of fire.
I’m coming to the conclusion that this hysterical desire to transition children to another gender by ignoring evidence of harm is part of a mass psychosis that otherwise intelligent, able adults have succumbed to.
In this hysterical comedy, Schumer and Bill Hader are surprisingly charming together as opposites attract.
Lady Reason, having got nowhere with a rational critique of irrational passion, becomes increasingly hysterical.
Passengers who were on the Metro when the shooting unfolded have described the scene as "hysterical".
She’s crying and hysterical because her character has early-onset dementia and I run over and I make sure she’s OK.
She thinks this whole situation is hysterical.
The only people who value her opinion think Tiger’s antics were hysterical.
There are personal items everywhere, from well-used vegan and hot sauce cookbooks to a parrot ornament that was bought to remind the kids of their hysterical laughter when parrots in Colombia repeatedly swooped on Gabrielle’s head.
The transcripts show Dodi trying to end the call, branding Fisher “hysterical” and insisting that they were broken up when he was dating Diana.
They turned hysterical after 2020.
When ordinary people comment about the shocking sentences meted out on the perpetrators of crime there will always be hysterical lawyers who will bleat that those who know nothing of the law should keep their mouths shut.
When they discovered these golden and strange hoards which Choejar the King-Thief had purloined, the two were almost hysterical with jubilation.
Common combinations with hysterical
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the hysterical 17×
- hysterical and 16×
- was hysterical 13×
- and hysterical 9×
- of hysterical 6×
- this hysterical 5×
- as hysterical 5×
- that hysterical 4×
- hysterical about 4×
- hysterical when 4×