as in funny
causing or intended to cause laughter
hilarious cartoons that the whole family can enjoy the clown's hilarious antics
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Recent Examples of hilarious
With a supporting cast that includes Nicole Byer, Liza Koshy and Charlie Day, this film promises a hilarious and raunchy ride through the awkwardness of teenage desire.
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The Savannah Bananas, the team that went viral playing a hilarious brand of baseball, are coming this Sunday to a streamer near you.
—Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
Maggie is a hilarious and life-affirming spin on the divorce novel.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 July 2025
Her sarcasm is hilarious to me but also sobering, underscoring the individual lives that will now be upended.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The Savannah Bananas, the team that went viral playing a hilarious brand of baseball, are coming this Sunday to a streamer near you.
—Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
Maggie is a hilarious and life-affirming spin on the divorce novel.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 July 2025
Her sarcasm is hilarious to me but also sobering, underscoring the individual lives that will now be upended.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hilarious
Adjective
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Make funny faces, play peek-a-boo, take them for a walk around the neighborhood.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Parents,
7 July 2025
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Their loyalty and love for each other is rewarded just by being cooler and funnier than anyone else around.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
7 July 2025
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Mister Terrific, who is not a humorous man but is very funny because of it, gets very huffy over Superman’s jibes and storms off.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Others saw it as a humorous, if unsettling, glimpse into how AI is increasingly embedded in corporate communications.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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As events unfolded in real time, an extensive roster of AI icons began to drive what would become this comedic thriller.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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What should be a milestone celebration quickly escalates into a comedic family reunion — this time with a musical twist.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
13 July 2025
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The scene was more amusing than threatening — onlookers whipped out cell phone cameras to document the sight of horses traversing the grounds.—
Jim Newton,
Mercury News,
12 July 2025
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For two-thirds of the day, as the peloton rolled through Brittany, the majority of soundbites ranged from frivolous to downright amusing.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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Hackman, Perrine and Beatty add a comical touch to all of their scenes.—
Martin Gold,
HollywoodReporter,
7 July 2025
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The film was always going to be a giant undertaking, but an almost comical series of unfortunate events had curtailed it into becoming one of the most expensive pictures Hollywood had ever produced… long before Burton even joined the project.—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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The administration had tried to argue that the plaintiffs had no standing given that the children were not born yet a ridiculous claim given that the effects would apply immediately at the moment of their birth.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
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The dances don’t settle for a twist or strut when a full-bodied vibration is possible, and Easley has a penchant for that ridiculous bobbin-head chicken dance from the ‘40s or ‘50s.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Created by Keenen Ivory Wayans and featuring several members of his comic family such as Jamie Foxx, Jim Carrey and a young dancer named Jennifer Lopez, the show attracted the hottest hip hop and R&B guests every Sunday.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Its web comic adaptation was published in 2020 and is currently available worldwide in 10 languages, including English, Japanese and French.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Christina MacSweeney, The Dance and the Fire Catapult, July 29 In Saldaña Paris’s ambitious new novel, three friends return to Cuernavaca, Mexico, a city on fire—wild fires and, soon enough, a kind of hysterical dancing compulsion overcoming the population.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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Today, that war is paused under a tenuous ceasefire, and despite the hopes and near hysterical levels of speculation, the regime remains in power.—
Sanam Vakil,
Time,
26 June 2025
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“Hilarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hilarious. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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