as in funny
causing or intended to cause laughter
hilarious cartoons that the whole family can enjoy the clown's hilarious antics
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Recent Examples of hilarious
Travis is a perfect addition to the rogue gallery of guys Rahill consistently plays across social media — hilarious and singular character studies of very particular and deeply cringey types of dude, replete with his trademark grin.
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Justin Caffier, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The stories are hilarious, insightful, devastating—there’s something for every reader who is stuck in the spin cycle of modern life.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Lapaglia and Richards, hosts of the Barstool Sports podcast BFFs, are known for sharing their personal and hilarious bits to their 400,000 monthly listeners.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
At her core, Rachel is kind, forgiving, hilarious and a lot of fun.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 9 Sep. 2025
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Justin Caffier, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The stories are hilarious, insightful, devastating—there’s something for every reader who is stuck in the spin cycle of modern life.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Lapaglia and Richards, hosts of the Barstool Sports podcast BFFs, are known for sharing their personal and hilarious bits to their 400,000 monthly listeners.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
At her core, Rachel is kind, forgiving, hilarious and a lot of fun.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hilarious
Adjective
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Zambians are warm, funny, proud.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Darkly funny and deeply melancholic, the film turns the family estate into a pressure cooker of grief, grudges and reluctant affection.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There are a lot of different kinds of reminiscing on here, humorous and serious.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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On stage, DeMarco projected a charismatic, likable and humorous persona that went beyond his simple attire of a baseball cap and a T-shirt.—
David Chiu,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Since 2022, Wysocki has established himself as social media’s favorite cast member on Make Some Noise, Dropout’s game show in which contestants are rewarded points for improvising scenes based on comedic prompts.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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But only the older duo of the comedic TV trio made it to the Disney post-Emmys party at Los Angeles' Vibina restaurant.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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Fletcher and Jolly win audience love here, and Allen’s naked ambition to become sheriff is quite amusing.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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This is amusing but understandable; in an era where commodity fetishism has turned analog, low-budget cinema into something aspirational, Jenkin has made no compromises for accessibility.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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In some comical cases, the ads were served by Google’s ad server to Google’s own bots.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Some speeches were heartfelt, comical and even self-deprecating at times, while others addressed social and political issues.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But now, Netflix has deemed that almost any mildly or very successful show like Wednesday must now air its episodes in a 2+ month split, broken in half, or in some ridiculous instances, broken into thirds (see the November 26, December 25, December 31 split for Stranger Things season 5).—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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And on Sunday, the feat got even more ridiculous, as Chapman struck out four batters in an inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks, thanks to a wild pitch catcher Carlos Narváez couldn't corral.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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An affable dad who avoids divisive topics like politics and religion in favor of gentler, autobiographical material that tends to cast him as a well-meaning fool, the Tennessee native is also the rare comic capable of appealing to, or at least not actively alienating, a broad swathe of viewers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Nancy Mitford, an outspoken Socialist, wrote bestselling biographies and comic novels, most famously The Pursuit of Love, which has never been out of print.—
Mimi Pond,
People.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Prior to their reanimation by Hope and her magic contract, the Tappers are in a state of almost-hysterical obsolescence.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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This sort of rhetoric only adds to the hysterical nature of contemporary politics, giving respectability to uncivilized behavior.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Hilarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hilarious. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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