sidesplitting

side·split·ting

adj \-ˌspli-tiŋ\

Definition of SIDESPLITTING

: extremely funny <a sidesplitting comedy>

— side·split·ting·ly adverb

Examples of SIDESPLITTING

1. <his sidesplitting jokes usually have audiences helpless with laughter>

First Known Use of SIDESPLITTING

1846

Related to SIDESPLITTING

Synonyms: antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, hilarious, humoristic, humorous, hysterical (also hysteric), killing, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, funny, uproarious

Antonyms: humorless, lame, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny, unhumorous, unhysterical

Related Words: amusing, diverting, entertaining; clownish, knockabout, slapstick, slapsticky, zany; facetious, flip, flippant, pert, smart, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, snickery; jocular, playful, waggish; campy, jokey (also joky); priceless, rich, whimsical, witty, wry; blithesome, gleeful, jocose, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, mad, merry, mirthful

Near Antonyms: earnest, grave, no-nonsense, sedate, serious, severe, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber (or sombre), staid, unsmiling, weighty; affecting, moving, poignant, touching, tragic (also tragical); lachrymose, mournful, sad, sorrowful, tearful, woeful

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Rhymes with SIDESPLITTING

befitting, earsplitting, fee splitting, fence-sitting, formfitting, hairsplitting, hard-hitting, house-sitting, pipe fitting, resitting, steam fitting, unfitting, unwitting