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
One show isn’t enough for Sherri Shepherd and Kym Whitley to bring their hilarious podcast to life.
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
But Rare came the closest with 1998’s wonderful, hilarious, and deeply weird Banjo-Kazooie.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 18 June 2025
In this hilarious cartoon, Bugs Bunny faces a threat from a department store manager who wants to get Bugs stuffed in the taxidermy department.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
While the script packs hilarious punches, the music serves as a character.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 June 2025
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
But Rare came the closest with 1998’s wonderful, hilarious, and deeply weird Banjo-Kazooie.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 18 June 2025
In this hilarious cartoon, Bugs Bunny faces a threat from a department store manager who wants to get Bugs stuffed in the taxidermy department.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
While the script packs hilarious punches, the music serves as a character.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hilarious
Adjective
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The Target jokes stopped being funny when, in 2023, right-wing social-media attacks on its Pride collection got so bad that the company pulled some of the items from its stores, citing threats to employees.—
Emma Sarappo,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2025
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Much like his character, Boyce is mild-mannered, kind and effortlessly funny.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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In her recent appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday, June 24, the actress shared a humorous story about her children's reaction to her mullet haircut for the film.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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There were humorous suggestions to get round the problem, such as clitch, but none caught on.—
David Crystal
June 27,
Literary Hub,
27 June 2025
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The narrative twist: the story is driven not by the characters themselves but by eight distinct emotions in their minds — comedic, romantic, bizarre, and rational.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 June 2025
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Part of that connection stems from Bond himself, who is a much more animated character than Agent 47, who’s conversely a mostly emotionless fixture that’s juxtaposed (to comedic effect) with the outlandish luxury and violence around him.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2025
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Sharina Martin is Renee, an editor at the print magazine version of HGTV who buys into the whole Diane experience, professionally and personally, and does it with a sharp amusing stylishness.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2025
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In an amusing send-up of Hollywood's penchant for making reboot characters related to original franchise players, the trailers also introduce children of George Kennedy's Ed Hocken and Simpson's Nordberg, the former of which is played by Paul Water Hauser.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 June 2025
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Not so fast, because in comical fashion, Derringer is stuck hanging from a tree, and Clarke has to climb it to help him out.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
27 June 2025
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When the show won its sixth award of the night, for Best Comedy Series, Matheson and costar Ebon Moss-Bachrach shared a comical kiss.—
Avalon Hester,
People.com,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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And finally… As bad as some teams are, the rule that every club must be represented at the All-Star Game borders on ridiculous.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Even for a show that’s famous for its silliness, this is a ridiculous storyline.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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Southern comic Dusty Slay has inked a deal for Netflix to debut Wet Heat, his second special for the service in two years, on the heels of 2024’s Workin’ Man, which will premiere on July 29.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
24 June 2025
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The teaser first airs on on the season 2 finale of The Walking Dead: Dead City, yet another spinoff of the prolific post-apocalyptic series adapted by Frank Darabont from the comic series by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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This particular title, a hysterical New York apartment melodrama in the style of Doris Wishman, was a poor fit for the all-night theaters in Amsterdam’s red-light district.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
11 June 2025
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No mumbling rap, no jams, just one unbroken, hysterical climb.—
Timothy Crouse,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
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