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Definition of hilarious in English: hilariousadjective hɪˈlɛːrɪəshəˈlɛriəs 1Extremely amusing. 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 - 1.1archaic 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
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: hilariousadjectivehəˈlɛriəshəˈlerēəs 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 - 1.1archaic 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. |