hilarious
extremely funny
TRANSLATION
hilarious = heiter, lustig, zum Kaputtlachen --- GOOGLE INDEX hilarious: approximately 177,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Boris Johnson's HILARIOUS Olympic Parade Speech Puts Cameron in the Shadows
(International Business Times)
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In one place was a HILARIOUS picture of a student with a bottle of champagne in each hand; and below was the legend: "These make an evil fate endurable."
(A Tramp Abroad, by Mark Twain)
(International Business Times)
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In one place was a HILARIOUS picture of a student with a bottle of champagne in each hand; and below was the legend: "These make an evil fate endurable."
(A Tramp Abroad, by Mark Twain)
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hilarious
adjective
- extremely funny and causing a lot of laughter
hilariously
adverb
hilariousness
noun
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Hilarious stems from the mid 15th century and derives from the Latin hilaritas (cheerfulness, gaiety, merriment), hilaris (cheerful, gay) and further from the Greek hilaros (cheerful, gay, merry, joyous), which is related to hilaos "graceful, kindly."
In Roman religion Hilaria was a day of merriment and rejoicing in the Cybele-Attis cult and in the Isis-Osiris cult, March 25 and November 3, respectively. Some of the activities on the Hilaria resembled those associated with April Fools’ Day. It was one of several days in the festival of Cybele that honoured Attis, her son and lover:
- March 15, his finding by Cybele among the reeds on the bank of the River Gallus
- March 22, his self-mutilation
- March 24, fasting and mourning at his death
- March 25, the Hilaria, rejoicing at his resurrection.
November 3, the Hilaria of the Isis-Osiris cult, marked the resurrection of Osiris, husband of Isis.
(source: Encyclopedia Britannica)
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SYNONYMS
comical, droll, funny, humorous, hysterical, riotous, side-splitting, uproarious
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adjective
- extremely funny and causing a lot of laughter
hilariously
adverb
hilariousness
noun
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Hilarious stems from the mid 15th century and derives from the Latin hilaritas (cheerfulness, gaiety, merriment), hilaris (cheerful, gay) and further from the Greek hilaros (cheerful, gay, merry, joyous), which is related to hilaos "graceful, kindly."
In Roman religion Hilaria was a day of merriment and rejoicing in the Cybele-Attis cult and in the Isis-Osiris cult, March 25 and November 3, respectively. Some of the activities on the Hilaria resembled those associated with April Fools’ Day. It was one of several days in the festival of Cybele that honoured Attis, her son and lover:
- March 15, his finding by Cybele among the reeds on the bank of the River Gallus
- March 22, his self-mutilation
- March 24, fasting and mourning at his death
- March 25, the Hilaria, rejoicing at his resurrection.
November 3, the Hilaria of the Isis-Osiris cult, marked the resurrection of Osiris, husband of Isis.
(source: Encyclopedia Britannica)
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SYNONYMS
comical, droll, funny, humorous, hysterical, riotous, side-splitting, uproarious
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"He gave a hilarious speech at my going-away party."
