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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories" [syn: hilarious, screaming, uproarious]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: irregular from Latin hilarus, hilaris cheerful, from Greek hilaros Date: circa 1840 marked by or causing hilarity ; extremely funny • hilariously adverb • hilariousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 exceedingly funny. 2 boisterously merry. Derivatives: hilariously adv. hilariousness n. hilarity n. Etymology: L hilaris f. Gk hilaros cheerful

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hilarious Hi*la"ri*ous, a. [L. hilaris, hilarus, Gr. ?; cf. ? gracious, kindly.] Mirthful; noisy; merry.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something is hilarious, it is extremely funny and makes you laugh a lot. We thought it was hilarious when we first heard about it... ADJ • hilariously She found it hilariously funny... ADV: usu ADV adj, ADV with v, also ADV with cl

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Gay, jovial, jolly, joyful, merry, mirthful, in high spirits, exhilarated.

Moby Thesaurus

absurd, amusing, bizarre, buxom, cheerful, cheery, comical, convivial, droll, eccentric, entertaining, festal, festive, frivolous, funny, gala, gay, gladsome, gleeful, humorous, hysterical, incongruous, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, laughable, laughter-loving, ludicrous, merry, merrymaking, mirth-loving, mirthful, on the loose, priceless, quaint, quizzical, rejoicing, rich, ridiculous, risible, rollicking, screaming, uproarious, whimsical, witty