hilarious

hilarious
adj
1. gay, cheerful, cheery, in good or high spirits; jovial, jocund, jolly, mirthful, laughing; buoyant, Inf. upbeat, optimistic, sunny, beamish; smiling, happy, happy as a lark, felicitous, joyful, joyous; jubilant, gleeful, elated, exhilarated, exuberant, thrilled, excited, enthused, animated, vivacious, sparkling, effervescent, bubbling, lively; playful, sportive, larking, frolicsome; boisterous, rowdy, rowdyish, noisy, vociferous, Sl. hell-raising, rabble-rousing.
2. very funny, highly amusing, humorous, entertaining, side-splitting, Sl. hysterical, All Slang. a riot, a gas, a scream.

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

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

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

  • hilarious — [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,… …   New thesaurus

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

  • hilarious — [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 …   English World dictionary

  • hilarious — 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… …   Universalium

  • hilarious — [[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 …   English dictionary

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

  • hilarious — 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 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hilarious — hi|lar|i|ous [ hı leriəs ] adjective extremely funny: For some reason, she finds his jokes hilarious. ╾ hi|lar|i|ous|ly adverb: It was a hilariously funny situation …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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