hilarious

«hilarious» in Mova's school dictionary: Extremely funny, making you laugh a lot: a hilarious joke — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

Extremely funny, making you laugh a lot: a hilarious joke. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday talk children describe funny films, jokes and friends as hilarious; in stories it shows a very funny scene. Sometimes used with irony: «Oh, hilarious» = not funny at all. Phrases: «absolutely hilarious», «a hilarious story».

examples

• The clown was hilarious. tree →
• We watched a hilarious film and couldn't stop laughing. tree →
• My brother told a hilarious joke at dinner. tree →
• «Oh, hilarious,» she said, when he hid her bag — she was not laughing. tree →
• The dog's tricks were hilarious. tree →
• It was hilarious when the cake slid off the plate. tree →

note

Stronger than «funny»; do not say «very hilarious» — say «absolutely hilarious». Say «hi-LAIR-ee-us». Noun: hilarity. Slang equivalents: «hysterical», «a scream», «LOL».

In the corpora

• «I'm dead» and the skull emoji 💀 are young people's way of saying «this is hilarious».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hilarious» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.