Hysterical vs Emotional - What's the difference?
hysterical | emotional |
Of, or arising from hysteria.
Having, or prone to having hysterics.
Provoking uncontrollable laughter.
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, chapter=2 Of or relating to the emotions.
Characterised by emotion.
Determined by emotion rather than reason.
Appealing to or arousing emotion.
Easily affected by emotion.
Readily displaying emotion.
As adjectives the difference between hysterical and emotional
is that hysterical is of, or arising from hysteria while emotional is of or relating to the emotions.hysterical
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.}}
Usage notes
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* *emotional
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Adjective
(en adjective)- emotional crisis
- emotional decision
- emotional speech
- She’s an emotional person.
- emotional greeting
