hilarious

[ hi-lair-ee-uhs, -lar-, hahy- ]

/ hɪˈlɛər i əs, -ˈlær-, haɪ- /

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adjective

arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.

boisterously merry or cheerful: a hilarious celebration.

merry; cheerful.

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2 lively, jolly, rollicking, high-spirited.

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2 sad, serious, solemn.

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Origin of hilarious

1815–25; <Latin hilar(is), hilar(us) cheerful (<Greek hilarós) + -ious

OTHER WORDS FROM hilarious

hi·lar·i·ous·ly, adverbhi·lar·i·ous·ness, nounhy·per·hi·lar·i·ous, adjectivehy·per·hi·lar·i·ous·ly, adverb

hy·per·hi·lar·i·ous·ness, nounun·hi·lar·i·ous, adjectiveun·hi·lar·i·ous·ly, adverbun·hi·lar·i·ous·ness, noun

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How to use hilarious in a sentence

His date, Ally Duncan, also 25 and more savvy to the world of Zoom dates, learned to go easy on the alcohol after a hilarious incident that involved a very strong homemade margarita fail.
Date Lab: Mariah Carey. Alligators. Urology. Is this any way to start a romance?|Damona Hoffman|January 21, 2021|Washington Post
It’s an unsparing, brutal and hilarious satirical take on the notion of American exceptionalism, embodied by the goofy, America-obsessed Wilson.
The best presidents in video games|Gene Park|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
Stick around a few more pages, though, and you’ll be rewarded with a hilarious, sweet, wild tale of a robbed bank, a real estate open house, and heart.
Best books of 2020|Terri Schlichenmeyer|January 10, 2021|Washington Blade
In the mid-2010s, Deadspin devoted often-hilarious coverage of Bills fans performing outrageous feats.
‘Bills Mafia’ waited a generation for a team like this. It’s had to embrace it from afar.|Adam Kilgore|January 7, 2021|Washington Post

The rapper sent out hilarious “WAP”-inspired shoe packages out to fans and other celebrities to promote the collaborative effort.
Watch The Trailer For Cardi B’s Hilarious New Show, ‘Cardi Tries’|Brooklyn White|December 17, 2020|Essence.com
She hilariously explains Chinese proverbs when someone sneezes off-camera during interviews.
Tennis Star Li Na Says Goodbye to the Court…and Puts the Sport’s Rise in Asia in Question|Nicholas McCarvel|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cosmopolitan is bringing its hilariously bad sex tips to lesbians now.
I Tried Cosmo’s Lesbian Sex Tips and They Were Terrible|Samantha Allen|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hell brews like “Mack the Knife,” “To Keep My Love Alive,” and Sweeney Todd are hilariously macabre.
Are Narcocorrido Mexican Drug Ballads Really That Bad?|Jimmy So|November 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Julie Bowen already has won two Emmys for her performance as hilariously frazzled mom Claire Pritchett on Modern Family.
Emmys 2013: Julie Bowen’s Favorite ‘Modern Family’ Moments (VIDEO)|Julie Bowen|September 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But the unexpectedly wonderful Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is a hilariously funny audience-grabber.
Who’ll Win a 2013 Tony Award—and Who Deserves To|Janice Kaplan|June 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Adelaide smiled, not broadly, not hilariously, only to the exact shade demanded by conversational sympathy.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science|Various
Nevill and Jimmie Drexell, who had arrived a short time before, greeted him hilariously.
In Friendship's Guise|Wm. Murray Graydon
On fine, sunny days, influenced by the weather, he would laugh and shout hilariously; a gloomy sky made him morose.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea|Morgan Robertson
The elders in that astonishing procession conducted themselves more hilariously than their children.
The Brass Bound Box|Evelyn Raymond
They all seemed to enjoy the account enormously, for they laughed hilariously.
The Story of Don Quixote|Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

British Dictionary definitions for hilarious

hilarious

/ (hɪˈlɛərɪəs) /

adjective

very funny or merry

Derived forms of hilarious

hilariously, adverbhilariousness, noun

Word Origin for hilarious

C19: from Latin hilaris glad, from Greek hilaros

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