hilarity
hi·lar·i·ty
noun \-ə-tē\Definition of HILARITY
: boisterous merriment or laughter
Examples of HILARITY
- My attempt to carve the turkey was a source of great hilarity at the dinner table.
- <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>
First Known Use of HILARITY
15th century
Related to HILARITY
- Synonyms
- cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, festivity, gaiety (also gayety), gayness, glee, gleefulness, mirth, jocundity, joviality, merriment, merriness, mirthfulness
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