Modifying Another Word

• almost: The Tablet's reaction, for a time, was almost hysterical.

• slightly: I hope you guys are fairing better than me and once again thanks for helping a slightly hysterical female!

• increasingly: Are these increasingly hysterical statements from Michael Howard signs, perhaps, of a guilty conscience?

• absolutely: Add your review Karen - " Hysterical " I thought this comedy was absolutely hysterical!

• rather: He opens with an attack on " the rather hysterical reaction of successive health secretaries " over PM organ retention.

• sometimes: There is no specific brief, which gives rise to a varied, eclectic and sometimes hysterical montage of images and storytelling.

Preposition: with

• laughter: Of course, by the time I had registered what had happened, I was hysterical with laughter.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• get: The anti-smoking mob do get a bit hysterical at times.

Modifies a noun

• laughter: What I didn't mention was Dan's hysterical laughter which lasted about 5 minutes.

• over-reaction: They donât like dissent in Carterton, and the almost hysterical over-reaction of the police to the march was evidence of this.

• outburst: I hope you will think more carefully, and moderate your rather hysterical outbursts in the future.

• paralysis: These included strange behavior, bizarre gaits and, most famously, hysterical paralysis or mutism.

• rant: A cool calculated letter is likely to have more impact than a hysterical rant.

• reaction: I did not dare to bite my victim's necks for fear of a hysterical reaction from the public.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Children who become hysterical on seeing a bee or wasp invite further stings.

• get: Jed: [ His voice getting hysterical ] It took fourteen hours!

• go: Bernie comes home, finds his mother and goes hysterical.

• seem: Some of the rantings of David Strathairn's Senator Estes Kefauver seem hysterical when set against the context of what's permissable today.

• grow: As he redoubled his efforts so the mirth of the audience grew more hysterical.

• find: Also a game she finds hysterical of standing on her own and then leaning forward until she falls over into my arms!