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hilarious adjective [ hɪˈlɛːrɪəs ]

• extremely amusing.
• "her hilarious novel"
Similar: very funny, extremely amusing, hysterically funny, hysterical, uproarious, riotous, farcical, side-splitting, rib-tickling, too funny for words, humorous, entertaining, comic, chucklesome, priceless, a scream, a hoot, killing, killingly funny,
Opposite: sad,
Origin: early 19th century: from Latin hilaris (from Greek hilaros ‘cheerful’) + -ous. The sense ‘exceedingly amusing’ dates from the 1920s.


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