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as in humorous
causing or intended to cause laughter
the movie follows the comic duo through a series of outrageous and uproarious escapades
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as in noisy
full of or characterized by the presence of noise
visited the site where the action movie was being filmed only to find a chaotic, uproarious set
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Recent Examples of uproarious
Equally uproarious are the members of the amateur theater troupe, spearheaded by Remy Auberjonois’ overly-sure-of-himself Bottom.
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Lisa from Temecula Finally at the forefront, after some big cast departures leading into the season, Ego Nwodim displays character work that is as well done as the steak on her plate in the uproarious sketch.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
Actually, a few different moods: The eerie mundanity of Twin Peaks, the ravishing neo-noir of Blue Velvet, the twisted romance of Mulholland Drive, the uproarious spectacle of Wild at Heart.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
Bitcoin mines, data centers’ uproarious cousins, were other structures entirely.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Lisa from Temecula Finally at the forefront, after some big cast departures leading into the season, Ego Nwodim displays character work that is as well done as the steak on her plate in the uproarious sketch.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
Actually, a few different moods: The eerie mundanity of Twin Peaks, the ravishing neo-noir of Blue Velvet, the twisted romance of Mulholland Drive, the uproarious spectacle of Wild at Heart.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
Bitcoin mines, data centers’ uproarious cousins, were other structures entirely.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uproarious
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The talented cast of BET Plus’s hit show Sistas brings to life the heartfelt, relatable, and often humorous journey of modern Black women navigating love, friendship, and career.—
Noel Cody,
Essence,
7 Mar. 2025
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Gercke is quite skilled at building characters and writing humorous and poetic dialogue.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2025
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Uniformity In Spectral Reflectance: Satellites that acquire images at the same hour and angle are inherently less noisy and therefore the computer vision models’ accuracies improve.—
Elizabeth Duffy,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Last summer, a small but noisy group of venture capitalists, many of whom had criticized left-of-center workplace norms, endorsed the candidacy of Donald Trump.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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What happened was that all of this comedy spoken in Kansai-ben was understood nationwide as being funny.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Everyone thought this was very funny, including, to her credit, Kate.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
21 Mar. 2025
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The comedic heartbeat of the film is maintained by Julia Fox, Saweetie and Benito Skinner, who play the show-within-a-film’s judges panel.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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Cheadle and Benicio del Toro are both strong in the dual lead roles, while the cast is full of ringers, from Jon Hamm to Brendan Fraser to Julia Fox in a scene-stealing comedic role.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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A couple’s weekend getaway with their parents takes a supernatural turn in The Parenting, an amusing horror adventure directed by Craig Johnson (Wilson, Alex Strangelove) from a screenplay by Kent Sublette (Saturday Night Live).—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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His effort to put an amusing spin on the buyer’s remorse is certainly a cut above the anti-Musk bumper stickers that have become internet bestsellers and now adorn many a Tesla — including Cybertrucks.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2025
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Here are Lady Gaga’s music-video hats, ranked in terms of experimentation, narrative contribution, comical lack of narrative contribution, and, of course, style. 60.—
Kinsey Jasnoch,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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When the Raptors were in town, Haliburton was beating defenders off the dribble with almost comical ease.—
Tony East,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Ferran is a force of hysterical nature, painting in the strong, bold colors her character so professes to adore as the elder DuBois sister attempts to tune out reality by literally putting a paper lantern over the light.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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There was no escaping the Democrats’ hysterical display.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
8 Mar. 2025
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For the most part, the show is composed of zany humor that bleeds into comic songs with witty internal rhymes (the songs of Tim Minchin are a helpful comparative).—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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For the most part, the show is composed of zany humor bleeding into comic songs with witty internal rhymes (the songs of Tim Minchin are a helpful comparative).—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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