as in glee
a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter
hilarity is the last thing you expect to find at a funeral, but we were there to celebrate his life rather than to dwell on his death
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Recent Examples of hilarity
The movie strikes a beautiful balance of hilarity and slice-of-life reality that hasn’t aged a day since its release.
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Travis Bean, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Complications arise, hilarity ensues, but by the end of it, as in many good romances, Kat and Patrick actually fall for each other.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Mike Jones, Jon Embree, Rick George and Chris Hudson recounted, often with hilarity, the high standards of working for, and with, a national championship coach.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2025
Roz Chast on George Booth In Booth’s cartoons of men and women, dogs and bathtubs, the hilarity is in the details.
—The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Travis Bean, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Complications arise, hilarity ensues, but by the end of it, as in many good romances, Kat and Patrick actually fall for each other.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Mike Jones, Jon Embree, Rick George and Chris Hudson recounted, often with hilarity, the high standards of working for, and with, a national championship coach.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2025
Roz Chast on George Booth In Booth’s cartoons of men and women, dogs and bathtubs, the hilarity is in the details.
—The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hilarity
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The specifics of Musk’s climb down remain to be seen, but the fact that chatter about it is being received with such glee among Hill Republicans may be the validation that moves Trump to a hard yes on Musk’s shift. Make sense of what matters in Washington.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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To investors’ glee, Trump even managed to mention doling out carve-outs.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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The day's festivities included a pageant commemorating the land runs of 1889 and 1893.—
Elizabeth Blair,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2025
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Get The Recipe Watergate Cake Break out the classics for the holiday festivities.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2025
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In the eighth inning, Soto made a running catch in front of the wall on a long fly ball off the bat of Anthony Santander — another moment that earned cheers from the crowd.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Iglesias also got a big cheer from the crowd after stumbling across first base on an infield single in the eighth inning.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Hilarity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hilarity. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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