uproarious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌpˈɹɔː.ɹɪ.əs/
ipa: /ˌʌpˈɹɔ.ɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiəs
Forms: form: more uproarious
form: most uproarious
Etymology: 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”)).
Senses: examples: text: “Oh! there's no fear of him,” said Burgess, cheerily; “if he grows uproarious, we'll soon give him a touch of the cat.”
ref: 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 268:
glosses: Causing, or likely to cause, an uproar.
examples: text: The noise in this room was perfectly tumultuous, […] every child was conducting itself like forty. The consequences were uproarious beyond belief; but no one seemed to care; on the contrary, the mother and daughter laughed heartily, and enjoyed it very much; and the latter, soon beginning to mingle in the sports, got pillaged by the young brigands most ruthlessly.
ref: 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 68–69:
text: One "set" off, another takes its place, he or she remaining longest on the floor receiving the most uproarious commendation, and so the dancing continues until broad daylight. It does not cease with the sound of the fiddle, but in that case they set up a music peculiar to themselves.
ref: 1853, Solomon Northup, chapter XV, in [David Wilson], editor, Twelve Years a Slave. […], London: Sampson Low, Son & Co.; Auburn, N.Y.: Derby and Miller, →OCLC, page 219:
text: The two bushes looked up in surprise, and when they saw Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion and Sir Hokus, they fell into each other's branches and burst into the most uproarious laughter.
ref: 1921, L[yman] Frank Baum [actually Ruth Plumly Thompson], “Dorothy and Sir Hokus Come to Fix City”, in The Royal Book of Oz […], Chicago, Ill.: The Reilly & Lee Co., →OCLC, page 165:
text: At the uproarious cheering which greeted his appearance, [Maximilien] Robespierre advanced into the open, whilst a sudden swift light of triumph darted from his narrow, pale eyes.
ref: 1922 August, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “One Crowded Hour of Glorious Life”, in The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC, § 1, page 62:
synonyms: word: uproarish
word: blaring
word: blasting
word: booming
word: cacophonous
word: clangorous
word: clamorous
word: clattering
word: deafening
word: dinsome
word: earsplitting
word: loud
word: noisy
word: obstreperous
word: piercing
word: rackety
word: raucous
word: resounding
word: roisterous
word: rowdy
word: strepitous
word: strident
word: thundering
word: tumultuous
word: uproarious
word: vociferous
glosses: Characterized by uproar, that is, loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 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, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021:
synonyms: word: amusing
word: chucklesome
word: comedic
word: comic
word: comical
word: droll
word: filarious
word: frolicsome
word: funnisome
word: funny
word: gut-busting
word: hilarious
word: howlarious
word: humourful
word: humorous
word: hysterical
word: jocular
word: joculatory
word: jokes
word: jokesome
word: joky
word: laughable
word: laugh-out-loud
word: laughworthy
word: playful
word: rib-tickling
word: risible
word: screaming
word: sidesplitting
word: sniggersome
word: tattyfilarious
word: thalian
word: thigh-slapping
word: uproarious
word: wacky
word: zany
glosses: Extremely funny; hilarious.
glosses: In a mess; dishevelled, untidy.
Derived terms: uproariously
uproariousness
Related terms: uproar
uproarish
uproarishly
uproarishness