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as in humorous
causing or intended to cause laughter
the movie follows the comic duo through a series of outrageous and uproarious escapades
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as in noisy
full of or characterized by the presence of noise
visited the site where the action movie was being filmed only to find a chaotic, uproarious set
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Recent Examples of uproarious
Working with a script by Neil Simon, May turns its tightly wound comedy into an uproarious, bitterly ironic vision of self-liberation and the pursuit of happiness.
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Jane Bua, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
The piece instantly became the subject of viral memes and inspired an uproarious exchange on TNT’s NBA Tip-Off during which Charles Barkley couldn’t contain his scorn.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2025
The moment produced uproarious laughter.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
This movie is a mess, but an uproarious one.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Jane Bua, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
The piece instantly became the subject of viral memes and inspired an uproarious exchange on TNT’s NBA Tip-Off during which Charles Barkley couldn’t contain his scorn.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2025
The moment produced uproarious laughter.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
This movie is a mess, but an uproarious one.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uproarious
Adjective
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There can be humorous, self-deprecating responses.—
Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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While on the podcast, Kiyoko also offered humorous insight into her summer proposal to fiancé Tilley, 37, in Mallorca after seven years of dating.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Weber installed bars in multiple disparate locations, and although the bars themselves did display signs of significant amounts of noise, Weber looked for correlations in these noisy signals between bars in different locations.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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With fewer people having children, empathy toward parents—and patience for noisy, curious kids—has waned.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Anyone vaguely near the aesthetic gets christened it by fans, including Bassvictim, who were always funnier and more creative than the other modern electroclash revivalists.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
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The performance is funny and manic and just the right amount of sad and desperate.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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It’s been 48 years since Three’s Company brought together three zany roommates — who weren’t supposed to be living together, according to the landlord’s rules — who charmed the world with their comedic antics.—
Julie Tremaine,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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Ingmar Bergman’s early-fifties soap commercials put daring methods—metafiction, animation, and even a 3-D parody—to comedic ends.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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Arthur is known as Conkling’s hatchet man, a customs collector for the Port of New York who’s shown, in one amusing snippet, presiding over the beating of a noncompliant businessman.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
6 Nov. 2025
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Garner is a brilliant observer and listener — every page has a surprising, sharp or amusing thought.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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With Bush out of town on that fateful day, Cheney was a steady presence in the White House, at least until Secret Service agents lifted him off his feet and carried him away, in a scene the vice president later described to comical effect.—
Calvin Woodward,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Tottenham Hotspur were twice beaten in comical circumstances on Chelsea’s previous visits to north London.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The premiere builds to an extended parody of sorts, both haunting and hysterical at once, and its black yet bubbly sense of humor only spreads from there.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
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On June 7, 2021, Murdaugh placed a hysterical 911 call to report that Maggie and Paul had been shot to death near the dog kennels on his family’s sprawling Lowcountry hunting estate.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Cosplay furthers the cause with a dazzling array of comic pop culture references, repurposed arcana, and piquant sonic signifiers from the annals of indie-rock.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
7 Nov. 2025
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Featuring Finnish actors Mari Rantasila and Mika Rättö, the film blends everyday consumer space with philosophical and comic undercurrents.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Uproarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uproarious. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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