Hilarious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hilarious \Hi*la"ri*ous\, a. [L. hilaris, hilarus, Gr. ?; cf. ?
     gracious, kindly.]
     Mirthful; noisy; merry.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "hilarious":
     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