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hysterics

noun
1
A fit of uncontrollable emotion, especially crying, laughing, or panic.
"The joke had the whole room in hysterics."

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In plain EnglishAn outburst of extreme emotion — often intense laughter or crying.

Common pairings
in hysterics fall into hysterics
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