UPROARIOUSLY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

uproariously

adverb

as in boisterously

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Recent Examples of uproariously Cinematic/Alamy One day a guest told a joke that was uproariously funny, but a little too spicy for radio. — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Aug. 2026 Fresh, provocative and uproariously funny. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026 Cunk on Earth plays like a Daily Show segment spread out across five hours, in which viewers watch the earnest — and ofttimes exasperated — talking heads field inane questions from Morgan’s uproariously daft Cunk. — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026 There was nothing uproariously funny about the incident. — Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026 And atypical challenges like having her uproariously unfiltered serial criminal of an aunt hiding out in the school library and trying to get Kimberly and her friends involved in her latest fraud scheme. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2026 Everyone in the break room laughs uproariously. — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025 First the musical is uproariously funny, and O’Brien said its creative team keep adding fresh jokes to the touring show all the time. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025 Sporadically at first, and then uproariously by the end. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025

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Lawsuits, bureaucratic battles, boisterously divisive council arguments and vicious social media debates have been part of Bloomfield life for years, and intensified during Danielle Wong’s contentious time as mayor.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026
Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith’s screenplay is littered with exaggerated stereotypes just waiting to be boisterously subverted.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 June 2026

Definition of boisterously

Adverb

Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin didn’t play due to injury and was still lustily booed in Detroit’s season opener following his trade request over the summer.

— Matt Piper, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Its 90-minute set was lustily accompanied by Dudamel and his band.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of lustily

Adverb

Contemporary foes like Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and North Korea’s Kim Jong-il remained firmly, if sometimes noisily, contained.

— Michael E. Neagle, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026
In 2024, likewise, some leaders of the activist left noisily defected from the Harris-Walz ticket.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of noisily

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The votes were loudly jeered by protesters who had gathered nearby.

— Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
But after being injected with two ostensibly lethal doses of pentobarbital, Pike was still alive, snoring loudly as journalists selected to witness the execution glanced at one another, wondering what was happening.

— Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of loudly

Adverb

Earlier this month, Cruz vociferously rejected the idea that artificial intelligence companies should be granted antitrust exemptions in order to collaborate on ways to implement industry-wide AI safety guardrails.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Cinema United, the movie theater trade organization, once vociferously opposed to the merger, backed off Tuesday and called for a settlement to avoid industry uncertainty.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of vociferously

Adverb

Portnoy being blatantly discriminated against for being Jewish was very real.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
His ability to fund campaigns for far-right and/or blatantly authoritarian political parties has gone from financially motivated to straight-up sinister.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of blatantly

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So Zohran Mamdani deserves at least tentative kudos for taking it on so early in his administration and for offering a solution that, while resoundingly imperfect, at least seems grounded in the real world.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 Aug. 2026
Progressive challengers Elijah Manley and Oliver Larkin failed resoundingly.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of resoundingly

Adverb

For many years, the EPP staunchly supported former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s stridently nationalist Fidesz party, hoping to keep him within Europe’s political mainstream.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
DeSantis stridently opposed both measures, which failed to get the 60% support needed to pass.

— Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of stridently

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