Meanings
prepositional phrase
- informallaughing or celebrating very hard and unable to stop.
Ryan had the place in hysterics by converting two spot kicks before the interval and he then produced the coup de grace with seven minutes left. The only sour note for Larne was the dismissal of Chris Gallagher, with 30 minutes left.
2024 August 29, Alex Mills, “Larne headed for Conference League group stages as Andy Ryan hat-trick secures historic Play-Off joy”, in Belfast TelegraphSynonyms: in stitches
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraselaughing or celebrating very hard and unable to stop.
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in hysterics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20hysterics
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