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isterico — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hysterical adjective Overcome with extreme, uncontrollable emotion, especially fear or distress.
  • neurotic adj Excessively anxious or emotionally unstable.
  • shrill adj High-pitched and sharp, often unpleasantly so.

Senses

isterico is used for these senses in English:

  • hysterical Of, or arising from hysteria.
  • neurotic (medicine) A person who has a neurosis.
  • shrill (figuratively, derogatory, especially of a woman) Fierce, loud, strident.

hysterical — full definition

  1. adjective Overcome with extreme, uncontrollable emotion, especially fear or distress.
  2. adjective Informal: extremely funny.

neurotic — full definition

  1. adj Excessively anxious or emotionally unstable.
  2. noun A person prone to excessive anxiety or nervous behavior.

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