uproarious
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Synonyms & Antonyms for uproarious
Synonyms
antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, humoristic, humorous, hysterical (also hysteric), killing, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting
Antonyms
humorless, lame, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny, unhumorous, unhysterical
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The public screening had been full; his movie had received an uproarious ovation. — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, "James Gray’s Journey from the Outer Boroughs to Outer Space," 9 Sep. 2019 Had a chair umpire acted in an identical manner during a grand-slam final between, say, Simona Halep and Petra Kvitova, two accomplished but not historically great players, the ensuing reaction likely wouldn’t have been quite so uproarious. — Kevin Craft, The Atlantic, "The Thrilling Unpredictability of Women’s Tennis," 3 Sep. 2019 Soon after losing her job, a single mother takes her brood to Georgia for her father’s funeral and meets his uproarious clan for the first time. — Los Angeles Times, "Movies on TV this week Sept. 1 - 7, 2019: John Wayne in ‘The Searchers’ and more," 30 Aug. 2019 If those bubbles happen to include distorted reflections of the globe’s actual violence, as the uproarious end of the movie would seem to prove, that stuff can be entertaining. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Quentin Tarantino’s Ultimate Statement on Movie Violence," 2 Aug. 2019 George Lopez has basked in uproarious applause at the Majestic Theatre stage many, many times over the years. — Hector Saldana, ExpressNews.com, "George Lopez saddened by Texas, Ohio attacks prior to Majestic Theatre shows in San Antonio," 6 Aug. 2019 And the Andrew Yang Gangâ„¢ gained a few members, judging by uproarious cheering for Yang inside Detroit's Fox Theatre. — Josh Hafner, USA TODAY, "OnPolitics: Dipping into the 2020 Kool-Aid," 1 Aug. 2019 The film, uproarious in one moment, becomes rather grim in the next. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "The Art of Self-Defense," 19 July 2019 The absurdly comedic plot includes the search for a shrub set to music with men in tights, uproarious song and dance numbers, and riotous nonsense. — SFChronicle.com, "Monty Python’s SPAMALOT," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'uproarious.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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uproarious
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