hysterics
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Frank Drebin, Neeson kept us in hysterics with a stupid-brilliant barrage of surreal wordplay and daffy slapstick.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
"I remember mum – she was in hysterics, crying."
From BBC • May 27, 2025
At this point, less than two hours into the trail, members could be spotted at times in hysterics on the floor as they chitchatted with each other.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2024
But she disliked the experience, which, she said, left the company “in hysterics — people twitching, slobber running down their chins, screaming from nerves and exhaustion.”
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023
Trotter repeated herself getting nearer to hysterics with each repetition.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
