hilarious

  • 1Hilarious — Hi*la ri*ous, a. [L. hilaris, hilarus, Gr. ?; cf. ? gracious, kindly.] Mirthful; noisy; merry. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2hilarious — index jocular Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3hilarious — 1823, cheerful, from L. hilaris cheerful, of good cheer (see HILARITY (Cf. hilarity)) + OUS (Cf. ous). Meaning boisterously joyful is from 1830s. Related: Hilariously …

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  • 4hilarious — [adj] very funny amusing, comical, convivial, entertaining, exhilarated, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, gut busting*, happy, humorous, jocular, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, laughable, lively, merry, mirthful, noisy, priceless, riot, rollicking,… …

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  • 5hilarious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely funny or merry. DERIVATIVES hilariously adverb hilarity noun. ORIGIN Greek hilaros cheerful …

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  • 6hilarious — [hi ler′ē əs] adj. [< L hilaris, hilarus < Gr hilaros, cheerful, merry (see SILLY) + OUS] 1. noisily merry; boisterous and joyous 2. producing great merriment; very funny hilariously adv. hilariousness n …

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  • 7hilarious — hilariously, adv. hilariousness, n. /hi lair ee euhs, lar , huy /, adj. 1. arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie. 2. boisterously merry or cheerful: a hilarious celebration. 3. merry; cheerful. [1815… …

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  • 8hilarious — [[t]hɪle͟əriəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If something is hilarious, it is extremely funny and makes you laugh a lot. We thought it was hilarious when we first heard about it... He had a fund of hilarious tales on the subject. Derived words: hilariously ADV …

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  • 9hilarious — adj. Hilarious is used with these nouns: ↑joke, ↑parody, ↑satire …

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  • 10hilarious — hi|lar|i|ous [hıˈleəriəs US ˈler ] adj [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: hilarus cheerful , from Greek hilaros] extremely funny ▪ a hilarious story >hilariously adv …

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