uproarious

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Etymology

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From uproar +‎ -ious (a variant of -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree, commonly in abundance)).[1]

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Adjective

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uproarious (comparative more uproarious, superlative most uproarious)

  1. Causing, or likely to cause, an uproar.
    • 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 268:
      “Oh! there's no fear of him,” said Burgess, cheerily; “if he grows uproarious, we'll soon give him a touch of the cat.”
  2. Characterized by uproar, that is, loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter.
    Synonyms: uproarish; see also Thesaurus:noisy
  3. (by extension) Extremely funny; hilarious.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:funny
    • 2019 August 14, A. A. Dowd, “Good Boys Puts a Tween Spin on the R-rated Teen Comedy, to Mostly Funny Effect”, in The A.V. Club[1], archived from the original on 4 March 2021:
      Yet as with Booksmart, the summer's earlier riff on that Apatovian classic, there are times when Good Boys feels a little too nice to actually be uproarious. In more ways than one, it's the training wheels for a better comedy—a slightly edgier and funnier one.
  4. (figuratively) In a mess; dishevelled, untidy.

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References

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  1. ^ uproarious, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2021; uproarious, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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