HILARITY Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

hilarity

noun

hi-ˈler-ə-tē

as in glee

a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter hilarity is the last thing you expect to find at a funeral, but we were there to celebrate his life rather than to dwell on his death

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Recent Examples of hilarity The hilarity peaks with the final booby-trap sequence. —

Erin Somers, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024 While many of the comments reveled in the hilarity of the note itself, the post did also ignite a debate around YouTube and Prime, with users coming out in support of Dustin and his wife's stance. —

Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024 The hilarity of answering Social Ds for Joe, and Tom, and Sally. —

Justin Curto, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025 Only Murders In The Building just gave us one of its finest episodes to-date, with an almost perfect mix of hilarity, emotional payoff and murder mystery. —

Erik Kain, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hilarity

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But in a crowded marketplace with fewer revenue streams, enough artists enrolled that, according to Pelly’s reporting, Spotify’s internal Slack channels were lit up with glee.

— Brad Shoup, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
Which is why, for me, the hardest part of the story were finding testimonials, Andre 3000 was the only one with glee that expressed and saw what this was.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025