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semihysterical

  • a word derived from hysterical.
    hysterical
    adjective
    uncontrollably emotional.

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The semihysterical incidents that accompany all endurance contests began to crop up.

From Time Magazine Archive

For 25 semihysterical minutes, Baryshnikov and his partner, Natalya Makarova, who defected from the Kirov herself four years ago, were dragged back again and again for curtain calls.

From Time Magazine Archive

In my semihysterical state earlier, I had not thought to wash it.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler