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
Completing the quartet is Justin Withers’ Demetrius, who unleashes his comic chops during a hilarious donnybrook.
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Urie and Newton shined as Marc St. James and Amanda Tanen, two bitchy assistants who bond over their love of fashion, celebrity and teasing Betty, providing plenty of hilarious quips through the years.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
Knowing Winston, that just as easily could have been a hilarious mistake made by one of the more entertaining personalities in football.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Outside of a hilarious outburst from Jacob (Chris Perfetti is such a goofball), the trio pulls it together, agreeing to judge the projects holistically while still demonstrating strict standards to ensure the students are learning.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Urie and Newton shined as Marc St. James and Amanda Tanen, two bitchy assistants who bond over their love of fashion, celebrity and teasing Betty, providing plenty of hilarious quips through the years.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
Knowing Winston, that just as easily could have been a hilarious mistake made by one of the more entertaining personalities in football.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Outside of a hilarious outburst from Jacob (Chris Perfetti is such a goofball), the trio pulls it together, agreeing to judge the projects holistically while still demonstrating strict standards to ensure the students are learning.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hilarious
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The actor simply finds something too funny to contain him or herself.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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And McGrath, who didn’t resort to telling jokes or making funny faces to force a smile out of Krzystof, literally took matters into her own hands.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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But if the feedback from the audience is any indication, this sometimes humorous and always emotional generational family tale will one day have a real opening night.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Harris’s portraits of celebrities such as Lena Horne, Muhammad Ali, and Jackie Robinson are noted for their reflective or dryly humorous tone, revealing new aspects of fame.—
Robert Alan Grand,
ARTnews.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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And the latest star to pull off the look is none other than actress, icon, and comedic genius Keke Palmer.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
7 Feb. 2025
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Cheung, for instance, lends her invaluable comedic timing to a laconic factory worker and then is brittle and heartbreaking as a mother mourning a tech-wiz daughter.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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Among the speakers were several coaches, including Evan Chalmers, who provided a variety of amusing quips and tales about his Laguna Beach High classmate and multiple-sports teammate.—
Richard Dunn,
Orange County Register,
6 Feb. 2025
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In another amusing shot, Tallulah wears a tank top emblazoned with a photo of her father's face in his younger days.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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Rio wore a red bubble coat with the zipper wide open to show a gut and a comical number of chains hanging from his neck.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
14 Feb. 2025
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During that Stoke side’s first season in the Premier League, 2008-09, the comical scene of Hull City goalkeeper Boaz Myhill intentionally booting the ball out for a corner instead of a throw-in summarised how badly teams wanted to avoid Delap hurling it into their box.—
Ahmed Walid,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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So we’re spared the ridiculous presidential logorrhea.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2025
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These proved ridiculous at Oberlin, where dressing in janitor uniforms from thrift shops was considered the height of style.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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But Andrew DeYoung’s frequently hilarious ‘Friendship’ — which stretches its star’s comic schtick to multiplex dimensions.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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Just as comic notables from that past, including Charles Addams and James Thurber, inspired Roz Chast and Calvin Trillin, Flanner and Liebling inspired every foreign correspondent who followed them.—
David Remnick,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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There are several hysterical moments across the four episodes made available to critics.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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And yet, as the show depicts, Gibson did show up at Ainscough’s funeral and turned heads with her loud, hysterical sobbing.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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