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HILARIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hilarious mean?
• HILARIOUS (adjective)
The adjective HILARIOUS has 1 sense:
1. marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
Familiarity information: HILARIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
Synonyms:
hilarious; screaming; uproarious
Context example:
uproarious stories
Similar:
humorous; humourous (full of or characterized by humor)
Derivation:
hilarity (great merriment)
Context examples
I confess that I was myself surprised both at his hilarious manner and at his rather wild observation.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
No wonder they laughed, for the expression of his face was droll enough to convulse a Quaker, as he stood and stared wildly from the unconscious innocents to the hilarious spectators with such dismay that Jo sat down on the floor and screamed.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The rest of the family, being of a dramatic turn, played their parts equally well, and Miss Eliott found them a most hilarious set, for it was impossible to control entirely the merriment which possessed them.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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