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

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Tom Cruise sat elbow to elbow with David Beckham; UCLA and Los Angeles Lakers star Kareem Abdul Jabbar got a rousing ovation and Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart was lustily booed.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
Helen wept quietly, believing her world had come to an end, while Alice, always comfortable with attention, cried more lustily.

— Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of lustily

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The professional explorers spent a year living inside the Boundary Waters, using their platform to speak loudly for its protection.

— Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Odds of getting shares were worse than one in five thousand, which explains pretty loudly why the stock popped so much on launch.

— John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of loudly

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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
These moves have once again foregrounded Paul's unproven claims that the SARS-Cov-2 virus came from a lab leak and that Fauci covered it up — a charge the scientist has vociferously denied.

— Ari Daniel, NPR, 30 July 2026

Definition of vociferously

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South Florida has a large population of Venezuelan immigrants—a stridently anti-chavista voting bloc that many politicians see as crucial to winning elections.

— Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Ukraine’s accession process was long stymied by Hungary, under stridently nationalist former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who was considered Russia’s strongest ally in Europe and possible threat to the EU project.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026

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