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
Starring Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo, the film is both hilarious and groundbreaking, and now part of Brooklyn Pride’s celebrations.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025
The hilarious video, posted on May 28 under @michaelcgrey, struck a chord with viewers online.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
By turns hilarious, horrifying, and sublime, Mo broadens horizons by eschewing polemic in favor of conversation.
—Judy Berman, Time, 3 June 2025
After their neighbor refused to address his dog's incessant night barking, a Reddit user took matters into their own hands, and their hilarious revenge has gone viral.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025
The hilarious video, posted on May 28 under @michaelcgrey, struck a chord with viewers online.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
By turns hilarious, horrifying, and sublime, Mo broadens horizons by eschewing polemic in favor of conversation.
—Judy Berman, Time, 3 June 2025
After their neighbor refused to address his dog's incessant night barking, a Reddit user took matters into their own hands, and their hilarious revenge has gone viral.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hilarious
Adjective
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Ramsey’s memoir is a moving, sometimes funny story about destruction, change and rebirth, told by a woman tempered by fire.—
Laurie Hertzel,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Roman is my kind of Virgil—chatty, funny, forgiving, sharp.—
Marina Harss,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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In his feature debut, Dupont follows the two men with a sense of empathetic detachment and an appreciation for fine detail and humorous dialogue.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
3 June 2025
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Popular posts might feature a photo with a humorous caption, an anonymous confession, or a detailed technical answer to a complex question.—
Dan Cody
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Director Kingsley described how the project evolved from its comedic roots.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
5 June 2025
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There was rain, lightning and some comedic reactions for the strange June weather Tuesday that disrupted the opening day of the Southern California regional baseball and softball playoffs.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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The post prompted a chorus of amusing responses from commenters.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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Instruct large language model for a quick, amusing tutorial on how to solve a Rubik’s Cube.—
Dave Altavilla,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Things get gory, but the blocky voxel look allows the game to lean into comical territory.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
13 June 2025
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In 1986, Mahaffey appeared in the six-hour comical miniseries Fresno opposite Carol Burnett and in the dramatic film Women of Valor, which followed a group of women in the Philippines during World War II.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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For the purpose of the art of the deal, the threat of a universal tariff, currently at 10% but hypothetically due to rebound to the ridiculous reciprocal rates of 30% or 40% on key allies at the end of the 90-day pause in July, is a compelling one.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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Friday night’s outcome came down to two ridiculous shots from distance that got past one of the best goalies in the NWSL.—
Fernando Ramirez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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The television version faces the formidable challenge of how to represent Murderbot’s darkly comic interior monologue in a third-person format, and its success is in large part a function of Skarsgård’s face, which can pull off a range of sardonic micro-expressions.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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All of it paints a vivid word-portrait of comic dignity.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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The implosion that inevitably ensued was so boy-coded: dramatic, hysterical, and way too much.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
6 June 2025
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And Charlotte deals with an hysterical woman in the park who falsely claims Charlotte's dog attacked hers.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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“Hilarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hilarious. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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