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单词 uproarious
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Definition of uproarious in English:

uproarious

adjectiveʌpˈrɔːrɪəsˌəpˈrɔriəs
  • 1Characterized by or provoking loud noise or uproar.

    an uproarious party
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This led again to an uproarious scene in the House.
    • This part of the play did not receive the uproarious response I have seen the very same scene receive in other versions.
    • My seats were in the right field bleachers, notoriously the most profane, obnoxious and uproarious section in Yankee Stadium, if not in all of baseball.
    • The ancient Saxons celebrated the return of spring with an uproarious festival commemorating their goddess of offspring and of springtime, Eastre.
    • If life were like the movies, every joke you tell would be met with uproarious laughter.
    • ‘Our general is no more,’ was all he said, though loud enough for all the men to hear, and it was soon ensued by an enormously uproarious cheer from the troops.
    • But the crowd was getting more and more uproarious.
    • That contrasted with uproarious cheers at the Gibraltar pub in Buenos Aires, where a crowd of about 50 British expatriates applauded wildly.
    • The lady felt her cheeks redden, as she remembered she had met the Duke in a most uproarious state.
    • Only the week before, he had returned to his native City Road after five years in a German Prison Camp and he was given an uproarious welcome.
    • Long about the time of year we call November, Athens exploded in an uproarious, joyous, naughty celebration - the Great Dionysia, or Festival of Dionysos.
    • This is bizarre, given that the system is such an uproarious success.
    • I love seeing the smile on people's faces when they hear something they like, and the uproarious applause that usually follows.
    • The last meeting of the Municipal Corporation saw more uproarious scenes than any other previous meeting and ended without any discussion on the agenda items.
    • I honestly couldn't have told you how long I stood there in the crowd, listening to him play, but when the song finally ended, I broke into uproarious applause along with the others.
    • But almost from the moment he arrived in Baltimore to begin his new life as a Yankee, he discovered that his new world would be even more electric, if not quite as uproarious.
    • I blushed and grabbed his hand to drag him away from the loud, uproarious crowd.
    • The boys returned to uproarious applause to end the concert, and did so in style.
    • Such defiantly provocative work, and the uproarious punk music which accompanied it, won him cult status.
    • Two weeks later, having beaten the Yankees in an uproarious division series, they lost the American League Championship Series in six games to Cleveland, and the Mariners went home.
    Synonyms
    disorderly, tumultuous, riotous, unruly, wild, unrestrained, rip-roaring, rollicking, boisterous, roisterous
    noisy, loud, rowdy, rackety, clamorous
    British informal rumbustious
    North American informal rambunctious
    archaic robustious
    1. 1.1 Provoking loud laughter; very funny.
      uproarious humour
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This uproarious comedy is about three Brothers who are brought together by the will of their dying father.
      • This uproarious comedy about the questionable normalcy of a 1950s nuclear family under inspection by one of Eisenhower's agents only gets better the more it indulges its own silly irreverence.
      • In the case of The Closet, we're dealing with a movie that is often cute and occasionally funny, but is not especially clever or truly uproarious.
      • What unfolds is a riot of comic mayhem as mistaken identity leads to uproarious farce throughout.
      • The film is directed by Michael Winterbottom, and the end result is an outstanding and frequently uproarious telling of the Factory Records tale.
      • When the bell rang signaling the start of their one-hour of free time, a large flock of girls gathered around Millie to hear one of her infamous stories, or uproarious jokes.
      Synonyms
      hilarious, extremely amusing, very funny, comic, riotous, screamingly/hysterically funny, too funny for words, side-splitting, rib-tickling, comical, absurd, ridiculous
      informal priceless, a scream, a hoot
      dated killing, killingly funny

Derivatives

  • uproariously

  • adverbʌpˈrɔːrɪəsliˌəpˈrɔriəsli
    • My small arts class gave me a Christmas card earlier today, and laughed uproariously at my lame jokes about the first question on the exam being an instruction to write their name at the top of the paper.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Certainly, the movie itself is uproariously amusing, but what helped to compensate for its shortness was some of the amusing extra features included with the DVD.
      • The kids all laughed uproariously, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
      • ‘The riotous events that follow hurtle uproariously through the life of this extraordinary man and hero of the people,’ explained a theatre spokesperson.
      • Rick's letters to me over the years were the most memorable correspondence I've ever received in my life - uproariously funny, human, and luminous with his love of life.
  • uproariousness

  • noun
    • It helps that this rock musical has a serious undertone beneath the uproariousness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Cyrus was a man of both seriousness and occasional uproariousness, even to excess - who yet carried with him a certain dignity that had accrued from his long and varied experience - of people, of institutions, of art, of the lived American history that was his own life.
      • But it lacks the uproariousness of true humour.
      • The men's vulnerability supplies the film with an odd, aching humour which complements the uproariousness of the strip scenes.
      • There was much appreciative uproariousness when I asked for seconds.

Rhymes

censorious, glorious, laborious, meritorious, notorious, uxorious, vainglorious, victorious
 
 

Definition of uproarious in US English:

uproarious

adjectiveˌəpˈrɔriəsˌəpˈrôrēəs
  • 1Characterized by or provoking loud noise or uproar.

    an uproarious party
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I honestly couldn't have told you how long I stood there in the crowd, listening to him play, but when the song finally ended, I broke into uproarious applause along with the others.
    • This led again to an uproarious scene in the House.
    • The last meeting of the Municipal Corporation saw more uproarious scenes than any other previous meeting and ended without any discussion on the agenda items.
    • Long about the time of year we call November, Athens exploded in an uproarious, joyous, naughty celebration - the Great Dionysia, or Festival of Dionysos.
    • I blushed and grabbed his hand to drag him away from the loud, uproarious crowd.
    • But the crowd was getting more and more uproarious.
    • Two weeks later, having beaten the Yankees in an uproarious division series, they lost the American League Championship Series in six games to Cleveland, and the Mariners went home.
    • This is bizarre, given that the system is such an uproarious success.
    • The ancient Saxons celebrated the return of spring with an uproarious festival commemorating their goddess of offspring and of springtime, Eastre.
    • Only the week before, he had returned to his native City Road after five years in a German Prison Camp and he was given an uproarious welcome.
    • ‘Our general is no more,’ was all he said, though loud enough for all the men to hear, and it was soon ensued by an enormously uproarious cheer from the troops.
    • But almost from the moment he arrived in Baltimore to begin his new life as a Yankee, he discovered that his new world would be even more electric, if not quite as uproarious.
    • This part of the play did not receive the uproarious response I have seen the very same scene receive in other versions.
    • Such defiantly provocative work, and the uproarious punk music which accompanied it, won him cult status.
    • My seats were in the right field bleachers, notoriously the most profane, obnoxious and uproarious section in Yankee Stadium, if not in all of baseball.
    • The boys returned to uproarious applause to end the concert, and did so in style.
    • That contrasted with uproarious cheers at the Gibraltar pub in Buenos Aires, where a crowd of about 50 British expatriates applauded wildly.
    • The lady felt her cheeks redden, as she remembered she had met the Duke in a most uproarious state.
    • I love seeing the smile on people's faces when they hear something they like, and the uproarious applause that usually follows.
    • If life were like the movies, every joke you tell would be met with uproarious laughter.
    Synonyms
    disorderly, tumultuous, riotous, unruly, wild, unrestrained, rip-roaring, rollicking, boisterous, roisterous
    1. 1.1 Provoking loud laughter; very funny.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the case of The Closet, we're dealing with a movie that is often cute and occasionally funny, but is not especially clever or truly uproarious.
      • What unfolds is a riot of comic mayhem as mistaken identity leads to uproarious farce throughout.
      • This uproarious comedy is about three Brothers who are brought together by the will of their dying father.
      • The film is directed by Michael Winterbottom, and the end result is an outstanding and frequently uproarious telling of the Factory Records tale.
      • When the bell rang signaling the start of their one-hour of free time, a large flock of girls gathered around Millie to hear one of her infamous stories, or uproarious jokes.
      • This uproarious comedy about the questionable normalcy of a 1950s nuclear family under inspection by one of Eisenhower's agents only gets better the more it indulges its own silly irreverence.
      Synonyms
      hilarious, extremely amusing, very funny, comic, riotous, hysterically funny, screamingly funny, too funny for words, side-splitting, rib-tickling, comical, absurd, ridiculous
 
 
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