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")