hysterically

Thân thiện

She laughed hysterically at the funny cartoon.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In an extremely emotional and uncontrolled way: Describes an action done with intense, overwhelming emotion, often involving loud crying, laughter, or screaming that is difficult to stop.
   • In a wildly exaggerated or funny manner: Used informally to describe something as being extremely or uncontrollably funny.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • The audience laughed hysterically at the comedian's joke. (The audience laughed in an uncontrollably loud and prolonged way.)
  • She cried hysterically after the car accident. (She cried with intense, overwhelming emotion.)

Advanced Usage

• "hysterically funny": used to emphasize that something is extremely amusing.
  • The movie was hysterically funny; I couldn't stop laughing.

Variants and Related Words

• Hysterical (adjective): affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion; or, extremely funny.
  • He was hysterical with grief. (He was overwhelmed by grief.)
  • That story is hysterical! (That story is extremely funny.)

Synonyms

• Uncontrollably: in a way that cannot be controlled.
• Frantically: in a hurried, excited, or chaotic manner.
• Manically: in an excessively energetic or frenzied way.

Related Phrases

• To laugh hysterically: to laugh in an uncontrollable, often loud, manner.
  • The children laughed hysterically at the clown.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a hysterical manner
   • she screamed hysterically when she heard the news