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as in humorous
causing or intended to cause laughter
the movie follows the comic duo through a series of outrageous and uproarious escapades
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as in noisy
full of or characterized by the presence of noise
visited the site where the action movie was being filmed only to find a chaotic, uproarious set
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Recent Examples of uproarious
The moment produced uproarious laughter.
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Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Sal Saperstein on Apple TV+’s uproarious Hollywood send-up The Studio.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
This movie is a mess, but an uproarious one.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The filmmaker pointed to an uproarious scene in the film in which Curtis and Lohan show up at Murray’s character’s record store.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
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Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Sal Saperstein on Apple TV+’s uproarious Hollywood send-up The Studio.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
This movie is a mess, but an uproarious one.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The filmmaker pointed to an uproarious scene in the film in which Curtis and Lohan show up at Murray’s character’s record store.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uproarious
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Despite its morbid premise, the movie is lighthearted and humorous while exploring the relationship between families and their pets.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Barkov is the opposite of Tkachuk in personality, never the one with the humorous postgame quote or engaging TV soundbite.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Even standard news programming is as noisy and disjointed as the output of a Bloomberg terminal.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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Murray & His Blood Brothers, a blues-rock outfit comprised of singers and guitarists Mike Zito, Albert Castiglia and Jimmy Vivino, delivered a night of raucous, noisy blues and covers to the historic 2,360-person venue.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Oct. 2025
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Kristen Bell and her husband Dax Shepard are known to be funny, but one joke has kept them in the public eye all week.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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The film is also possibly Reichardt’s funniest thus far.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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John was best known for playing comedic roles, like his iconic starring role as Jack Ripper in Three’s Company.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Paired with a comedic audio, the clip has been liked by over 188,000 TikTok users, prompting an outpouring of amused comments on the platform.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Well, in some ways a lot of Dylan’s fakery of his own bio has always been very amusing.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
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Beyond the amusing jokes, Carlile’s point seems to be that Mitchell doesn’t need to be the world’s most flagrant empath to be one of its greatest healers.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Jets’ situation is so comical because Justin Fields lasted only six games as the Steelers’ starter last season.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The move is all the more comical when it's revealed that Jenner asks the question during All's Fair production, with Close and costar Niecy Nash watching nearby.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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So the method here is to co-opt the hysterical semiotics of alt-righters for sickle supremacy.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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The escalating, hysterical hijinks are grounded in convincing dramatic stakes, and only our comic heroes are allowed to be funny, as the monster actors dutifully honor the hammy seriousness of their characters.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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As anyone who saw his early New York performances still attests, Dylan was also legitimately funny, and the comic timing on display in these tapes is another revelation.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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One jewel, and a franchise—and comic archetype—was born.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Uproarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uproarious. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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