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
The Mitch Keller's Car City commercial brings delicious cheese
On the finale fun side, the Mitch Keller Car City commercial featuring a pitch-perfect swashbuckling Hedlund is hilarious.
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
Dance lovers are in for a unique, hilarious treat this weekend, when the world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, performs at the Detroit Opera House on Nov. 23-24.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
The dream became a nightmare for the contestants, yet was a hilarious delight for viewers.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
In previous years under previous regimes, this is the type of game the Chargers would lose in hilarious fashion, but not anymore.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
Dance lovers are in for a unique, hilarious treat this weekend, when the world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, performs at the Detroit Opera House on Nov. 23-24.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
The dream became a nightmare for the contestants, yet was a hilarious delight for viewers.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
In previous years under previous regimes, this is the type of game the Chargers would lose in hilarious fashion, but not anymore.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hilarious
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Jennifer Aniston's then-husband is hilarious as an old high school enemy of Rachel's, a story line made even funnier by knowing that the two were married off-screen at the time.Diana Pearl, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Consider the case of Mickey Mouse, whose funny, sunny visage has come to the rescue at least once before.Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
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Reddit Reacts Reddit users were entertained by the cake's humorous message.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Others offered a more humorous take on the situation, with one writing that whether the couple picks the name for a child depends largely on what the name actually is.Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Miner will also look to generate live standup comedy gigs for top comedic talent, while also producing original audio and video content for New Metric Media’s direct to consumer channels.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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After a brief impression of Judy, Paris offered some insight into one of the girls’ foremost comedic influences growing up.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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Playing a more toothless version of antagonistic duos like Flotsam and Jetsam from The Little Mermaid, Yang and James are mildly amusing but underused, ultimately serving little purpose.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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Elsa’s mean streak, while amusing and borderline cool — there is something charming about a difficult girl’s reign of terror — is also concerning.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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To a normal person outside of politics, that sounds comical.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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But the wedding, of course, had some comical complications.Marc Berman, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Art like Comedian acts as a reflection of society’s values, simultaneously serious and ridiculous.Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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So far every one of Trump’s nominations has been poor, but that of RFK Jr. is ridiculous.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Written by Aakash Kaushik, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 uses comic situations like the ones in the second film of the franchise.Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Stylistically, Universal Language is located somewhere between the poetic realism of Iranian New Wave cinema — think Children of Heaven, The White Balloon, and Close-Up — and the surreal comic sensibilities of Rankin’s fellow Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin (The Saddest Music in the World, Rumours).Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
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Later, her sister comforted my hysterical mother and washed the blood from between her legs and the dirt from her face and hair.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Hitting hot button issues with fresh insight and hysterical precision, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele revealed themselves to be two of the best comedy writers in the business, leading to a Peabody Award, two Emmy Awards, and millions of fans.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Hilarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hilarious. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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