Antonyms of adj hysterical

2 senses of hysterical

Sense 1
hysteric, hysterical -- (characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia")

INDIRECT (VIA neurotic) -> unneurotic -- (not neurotic; "successful mothers--mothers with unneurotic children"; "he's the most unneurotic person I know")

Sense 2
hysterical -- (marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; "hysterical laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes")

INDIRECT (VIA agitated) -> unagitated -- (not agitated or disturbed emotionally)

Similarity of adj hysterical

2 senses of hysterical

Sense 1
hysteric, hysterical -- (characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia")
       => neurotic (vs. unneurotic), psychoneurotic -- (affected with emotional disorder)

Sense 2
hysterical -- (marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; "hysterical laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes")
       => agitated (vs. unagitated) -- (troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents")

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