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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TikTok users flooded the comments with emotional and humorous reactions.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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One humorous video created by comedian Jon Lajoie depicts Jesus sparring with the Easter Bunny in a podcast.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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The comedic murder-mystery series following three unlikely neighbors — Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) — who bond over their obsession with true crime podcasts.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Cranston also received three nominations for his comedic work on Malcolm in the Middle, landing nods for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2002, 2003, and 2006.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 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
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The show’s winners got to use their real filmmaking chops to recreate a fake one, including Adam Newport-Berra, whose cinematography evoked the beauty the show’s comic characters were trying to capture.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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Casting himself in the lead was inspired as this role fits like a glove and his comic timing is Eddie Murphy-level great.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
7 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 14 Sep. 2025.
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