hysterical
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One afternoon in April, a children's nursery worker approached her manager in a what she described as an hysterical state.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
He did something absolutely brilliant, and it’s hysterical, and it works without words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Here, Bamford is as honest and casually hysterical as she’s always been, discussing mental illness with the candor such a stigmatized and distorted topic deserves.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
There’s a need to disseminate information and I can’t be hysterical about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Chaplains visit, too, trying to comfort the hysterical, whose bellies are at last full enough to allow their emotions to surface.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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