in hysterics

idiom

: laughing very hard
The audience was in hysterics throughout the movie.

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The video has left internet users in hysterics, generating more than 1.5 million views and over 364,200 likes on TikTok at the time of writing. Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025 And seeing Friendship with a bunch of strangers at [TIFF’s] midnight screening, everyone was in hysterics about all these ridiculous things. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025

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“In hysterics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20hysterics. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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