hilarious
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i adjective
1.
arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
2.
boisterously merry or cheerful: a hilarious celebration.
3.
merry; cheerful.
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hilarious (hɪˈlɛərɪəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| very funny or merry | |
| [C19: from Latin hilaris glad, from Greek hilaros] | |
| hi'lariously | |
| —adv | |
| hi'lariousness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
People who aren't funny at all think they are hilarious.
He collected in his papers, accounts of people who thought this was hilarious.
He's heartbreaking and hilarious on the same page, and it's written with great emotion and intimacy.
Her personal tale is a mix of the ordinary, the tragic, the hilarious.
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