uproarious
adjective
characterized by or in a state of uproar; tumultuous.
uproariousness
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a word derived from
uproarious.
Example Sentences
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And it was this which drained away as I watched Finny’s face pass through all the gradations between uproariousness and shock.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
In the stillness the sally was heard over the whole house, and the audience, relieved of its anxiety for its favorite, laughed with an uproariousness that had in it the note of hysteria.
From The Game by Jack London
She choked back her uproariousness as Jane came along.
From Jane Allen, Junior by Edith Bancroft
The school-house was small, but the volume of clamour that issued from it would have done credit to two or three hundred children in unrestrained uproariousness.
From By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy by George Gissing
To my surprise, however, the tormentor’s cursed grin not only continued but absolutely expanded to an immoderate laugh, the uproariousness of which was increased by another suspicious Bostonian, who leaped on deck during our dispute.
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer
