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semihysterical

semihysterical adjective: somewhat or partly hysterical.

Adjective

semihysterical (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat or partly hysterical.
    • The next four hours passed in a kind of dream. There was a long and semihysterical discussion following Brown’s confirmation, or maybe the discussion wasn’t as long as it seemed; maybe it was just the grim necessity of people chewing over the same information, trying to see it from every possible...1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press

Origin of semihysterical

From semi- + hysterical.

Questions about semihysterical

What does semihysterical mean?
Semihysterical means somewhat or partly hysterical.
What part of speech is semihysterical?
Semihysterical is an adjective.

Words near semihysterical in the dictionary

  1. semihydrogenation
  2. semihypergroup
  3. semihypergroups
  4. semihyperoceanic
  5. semihypogynous
  6. semihysterical
  7. semiindependent
  8. semiindurated
  9. semiinfinite
  10. semiinfinitely
  11. semiinsular

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