hysterical
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Synonyms & Antonyms for hysterical
Synonyms
antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, humoristic, humorous, killing, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious
Antonyms
humorless, lame, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny, unhumorous, unhysterical
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Bolsonaro for his part has dismissed the criticism of his government’s actions in the Amazon as hysterical. — National Geographic, "Near the Amazon fires, residents are sick, worried, and angry," 23 Aug. 2019 Competing with her for the most quivering coif is Henry Czerny as Grace’s increasingly hysterical father-in-law, while Adam Brody sets the tone with his signature smirkiness as reluctant brother-in-law Daniel. — Katie Walsh, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: ‘Ready or Not’ sacrifices horror for irony and laughs to skewer the 1 percent," 22 Aug. 2019 Competing with her for the most quivering coif is Henry Czerny as Grace’s increasingly hysterical father-in-law, while Adam Brody sets the tone with his signature smirkiness as reluctant brother-in-law Daniel. — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, "1-percenter slasher flick ‘Ready or Not’ too sardonic to be taken seriously as satire," 20 Aug. 2019 Their hysterical worship of Stalin and their total and unconditional rejection of him sprang from the same soil. — Aaron Lake Smith, Harper's magazine, "The Trials of Vasily Grossman," 24 June 2019 Not hysterical, just grounded information about what’s happening to our bodies. — Jane Ratcliffe, Longreads, "‘Brokenness and Holiness Really Go Together’: Darcey Steinke on Menopause," 15 June 2019 From sassy to hysterical, scroll through to take a look at all of the best Twitter reactions and memes from fashion's big night. — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, "The Best Memes and Twitter Reactions From the 2019 Met Gala," 7 May 2019 During the following night’s performance, Zula notices Wiktor’s empty seat and winces at the absence. The leading duo’s love for each other is vivid, passionate, at times borderline hysterical, but how solid are its foundations? — Giles Harvey, Harper's magazine, "Home Truths," 10 Jan. 2019 Warren doesn’t generate the hysterical fandom that politicians like Trump and Beto O’Rourke provoke at rallies. — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, "Can Elizabeth Warren Win It All?," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hysterical.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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