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[ US /hɪˈɫɛɹəti/ ]
[ UK /hɪlˈæɹɪti/ ]
NOUN
  1. great merriment

How To Use hilarity In A Sentence

  • Gloria's costume caused a good deal of hilarity.
  • When you laugh at politicians, all you do is channel righteous anger into passive hilarity. Times, Sunday Times
  • The reference to text messages provoked hilarity on the opposition benches. Times, Sunday Times
  • The celeb is greeted with the words "Thank God you're here," and the hilarity of improv ensues. Aussies Sell Thank God You're Here to Yanks.
  • The initial hilarity and horror become a story about Japan old and new, with the added peril of an approaching comet. Times, Sunday Times
  • The hilarity is that you think Republicans have any idea how to secure the country when THE BIGGEST TERRORIST ATTACK IN U.S. Think Progress » Colbert to Kristol: “How Is The New American Century?”
  • When they all end up in neighbouring hotel rooms on holiday, hilarity ensues - genuinely. The Sun
  • The body is disposed of by rolling it off stage, into the crowd: hilarity all round. Times, Sunday Times
  • One night, the gathering dissolved into great hilarity when we all decided to wear our newly "boughten" Kygryz felt hats en masse. TravelsWithSheila.com
  • Dreams pervade the play, giving it an illusionary quality and heightening the sense of dark hilarity that frequently has the audience hysterical with laughter.
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