feeling or expressing extreme, uncontrolled emotion, such as fear, anger, or excitement, often with crying or laughter
hyster+ic+al
Shared component: hyster · womb
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hyster
womb
Related forms: hyster · 5 words in this dictionary
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Shared components, not spelling prefixesrelating to or suffering from hysteria; wildly emotional and uncontrolled.
hyster+ic
Shared component: hyster · womb
a state of uncontrolled excitement, emotion, or laughter
hyster+ics
Shared component: hyster · womb
a medical operation to remove a woman's womb
hyster+ectomy
Shared component: hyster · womb
hystericallyExtended relation
in a wildly emotional and uncontrolled way, often involving extreme laughter or crying
hyster+ic+ally
Extended relation: hyster · womb