hilarious
hilarious
Definition
hi·lari·ous (hi ler′ē əs)
hi·lar′i·ously adverb
hi·lar′i·ous·ness noun
hilarious
Synonyms
hilarious
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- find: I saw him a couple of years back, and found the event utterly hilarious!
Modifies a noun
- send-up: In a hilarious send-up he pouted and preened at the stand-up, before giving it a quick dancing twirl.
- antic: Again, the audience was in fits of laughter as the brothers chased the women round the stage with their hilarious antics.
- romp: It's another hilarious romp with this material girl vampire.
- anecdote: There then following a string of hilarious anecdotes related to this work.
- parody: Miss Ruby Diamond a drag artist and comedienne will also be performing providing hilarious parodies of well known songs.
- comedy: This hilarious comedy brings a new kick to the old world.
Modifying Another Word
- unintentionally: He even has the show stealing scene where he kicks some serious butt in an unintentionally hilarious battle with bad guy Count Dooku.
- downright: This show was even more entertaining, witty and downright hilarious.
- absolutely: And some of the things they write in the papers is absolutely hilarious.
- utterly: I saw him a couple of years back, and found the event utterly hilarious!
- genuinely: That said, the film does manage to hit a few genuinely hilarious or sweet notes.
- frequently: It is frequently obscene and even more frequently hilarious.
Infinitive complement
- watch: It was hilarious to watch grown men chasing a squealing pig down the road with kids in tow!
- see: It was hilarious to see him trying to read the music that had been placed on the stand upside down!
Used with adjective complement
- find: What ensues is a brilliant piece of situation comedy that I found hilarious.
- look: A document of a specific area of Sheffield town center, it looks pretty hilarious.
- become: We manage to find something peculiar to everyone who passes until it becomes really hilarious.
Preposition: from
- start: I find these films hilarious from start to finish, and I'm quite a fan of them.
Browse dictionary entries near hilarious
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