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Definition of hilarious in English:

hilarious

adjective hɪˈlɛːrɪəshəˈlɛriəs
  • 1Extremely amusing.

    her hilarious novel
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I think you will enjoy his anecdotes and retelling of some of the hilarious scenes he wrote for those two most loved of funny men.
    • There are no signposts and definitely no laughter tracks, but the dialogue is bone dry and the script hilarious.
    • For comic effect it has a character whose supposedly hilarious weakness is to use phrases that have gone out of fashion.
    • His hilarious five-minute soliloquy about his complex wedding arrangements was fabulous.
    • The nun's attempts to flee from the convent supposedly create hilarious situations.
    • While getting this message across, the audience is treated to hilarious scenes.
    • Another hilarious aspect to the film is how, on a certain level, it takes itself so very seriously.
    • Now one half of this comic couple will bring his hilarious show to the Hawk's Well Theatre.
    • The Web site also contains hilarious photos, humorous comics and cartoon strips.
    • It was here that the dialogue reached hilarious, and this troupe had a knack for that level of funny.
    • The hilarious production is based on the works of Harvard mathematician and songwriter, Tom Lehrer.
    • Some of the humorous incidents described in the book are incisively hilarious.
    • She views most of the press hysteria surrounding her, for example, as hilarious.
    • I am now in the hilarious position of being an embarrassment to all concerned.
    • The ensuing altercations and hilarious testimonies provided an exciting two hours!
    • They thought that was hilarious, and linked arms, shaking with mirth like hysterical Siamese twins.
    • When the first play comes to its hilarious, farcical close the audience is left gasping for air.
    • Write an extremely best selling novel about my hilarious life in poverty and sell the TV and Film rights.
    • It's a hilarious film full of gems of comic absurdity that are mixed in with nonchalant understatement.
    • Coming up later today, more from this hilarious, revealing and essential article.
    Synonyms
    very funny, extremely amusing, hysterically funny, hysterical, uproarious, riotous, farcical, side-splitting, rib-tickling, too funny for words
    humorous, entertaining, comic, chucklesome
    informal priceless, a scream, a hoot
    dated killing, killingly funny
    1. 1.1archaic Boisterously merry.
      the meal was noisy and hilarious
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rachel from north London recalls an hilarious conversation with Sir Ian Blair.
      Synonyms
      amusing, entertaining, animated, high-spirited, lively, funny, witty, droll, merry, jolly, jovial, jocular, mirthful, cheerful, vivacious, sparkling, uproarious, boisterous, noisy, rowdy
      informal wacky

Derivatives

  • hilariousness

  • noun

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin hilaris (from Greek hilaros 'cheerful') + -ous. The sense 'exceedingly amusing' dates from the 1920s.

Rhymes

Aquarius, calcareous, Darius, denarius, gregarious, multifarious, nefarious, omnifarious, precarious, Sagittarius, senarius, Stradivarius, temerarious, various, vicarious
 
 

Definition of hilarious in US English:

hilarious

adjectivehəˈlɛriəshəˈlerēəs
  • 1Extremely amusing.

    a hilarious dialogue from characters we never meet again
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I think you will enjoy his anecdotes and retelling of some of the hilarious scenes he wrote for those two most loved of funny men.
    • Now one half of this comic couple will bring his hilarious show to the Hawk's Well Theatre.
    • Coming up later today, more from this hilarious, revealing and essential article.
    • It's a hilarious film full of gems of comic absurdity that are mixed in with nonchalant understatement.
    • For comic effect it has a character whose supposedly hilarious weakness is to use phrases that have gone out of fashion.
    • Write an extremely best selling novel about my hilarious life in poverty and sell the TV and Film rights.
    • The Web site also contains hilarious photos, humorous comics and cartoon strips.
    • I am now in the hilarious position of being an embarrassment to all concerned.
    • His hilarious five-minute soliloquy about his complex wedding arrangements was fabulous.
    • The hilarious production is based on the works of Harvard mathematician and songwriter, Tom Lehrer.
    • The nun's attempts to flee from the convent supposedly create hilarious situations.
    • She views most of the press hysteria surrounding her, for example, as hilarious.
    • They thought that was hilarious, and linked arms, shaking with mirth like hysterical Siamese twins.
    • While getting this message across, the audience is treated to hilarious scenes.
    • Another hilarious aspect to the film is how, on a certain level, it takes itself so very seriously.
    • Some of the humorous incidents described in the book are incisively hilarious.
    • When the first play comes to its hilarious, farcical close the audience is left gasping for air.
    • There are no signposts and definitely no laughter tracks, but the dialogue is bone dry and the script hilarious.
    • It was here that the dialogue reached hilarious, and this troupe had a knack for that level of funny.
    • The ensuing altercations and hilarious testimonies provided an exciting two hours!
    Synonyms
    very funny, extremely amusing, hysterically funny, hysterical, uproarious, riotous, farcical, side-splitting, rib-tickling, too funny for words
    1. 1.1archaic Boisterously merry.
      an old man was in hilarious conversation with three young men
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rachel from north London recalls an hilarious conversation with Sir Ian Blair.
      Synonyms
      amusing, entertaining, animated, high-spirited, lively, funny, witty, droll, merry, jolly, jovial, jocular, mirthful, cheerful, vivacious, sparkling, uproarious, boisterous, noisy, rowdy

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin hilaris (from Greek hilaros ‘cheerful’) + -ous. The sense ‘exceedingly amusing’ dates from the 1920s.

 
 
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