UPROARIOUS Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

uproarious

adjective

ˌəp-ˈrȯr-ē-əs

Definition of uproarious

as in humorous

causing or intended to cause laughter the movie follows the comic duo through a series of outrageous and uproarious escapades

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as in noisy

full of or characterized by the presence of noise visited the site where the action movie was being filmed only to find a chaotic, uproarious set

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Recent Examples of uproarious The uproarious—and somewhat clunkily titled—To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! — Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026 From Sinners to Scream to Smile and beyond, to uproarious lampoons of non-genre titles like Michael and Wicked, here are the victims of the latest Scary Movie. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026 The prestigious award Poltz will receive is named after the late Country Dick Montana, who was the magnetic front man in the uproarious San Diego band Beat Farmers. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026 The Madison Police Department said between 15,000 and 20,000 people attended the annual, uproarious gathering that has frequently turned dangerous. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 26 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for uproarious

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Silvestri used a large orchestra to create a score that played the heist completely straight, despite its humorous premise.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Pledging love and respecting someone or a relationship can make people feel so uncomfortable that leaning into these tropes of life can feel humorous, and that’s where the laughs from a Hallmark film come from.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of humorous

Adjective

Lucy refurbishes their noisy slab arrangements into massive walls of buzzing texture, like a cross between a fashionable rave and a final boss battle.

— H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026
In a place where others might have heard a gunshot, or the noisy retreat of a car on three good tires.

— Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of noisy

Adjective

Directed by Shen Chunyang and written by Ma Duo, the satirical family feature stars real-life comedic couple Shen Chunyang and Xiao Shenyang alongside Jia Bing and Yu Yang.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Artificial is pointedly funnier than his other work, including a large comedic performance by Ike Barinholtz as Musk, even as an existential dread permeates.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of comedic

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Soon, though, Sutskever also catches the eye of Altman and his partner Elon Musk (an amusing Ike Barinholtz, nailing him).

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
There's a tricky tonal balance in treating the lawyers' gasp-inducing ruthlessness as entertaining and even amusing while also allowing its consequences to be clear.

— Linda Holmes, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of amusing

Adjective

Here, visitors make their way through an exhibition featuring waif Alberto Giacometti sculptures, a room full of Picassos, Fischli/Weiss’s comical sculpture Animal (1986), and more.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
With Apatow at the helm, the chat took some comical turns, as might be expected, and also some unusually revealing ones, as Apatow getting McCartney to loosen up provided some real personal asides as well as screwball dialogue.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of comical

Adjective

Through much of the novel, Fee will attempt to make his own story one of such comic-book heroism, to take on the mantle of savior.

— Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
Sources say Rich’s script was more broadly comic than Guadagnino’s darkly funny final film.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

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