uproarious
up·roa·rious
adjective
1.
2.
marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
- “hilarious broad comedy”
- “a screaming farce”
- “uproarious stories”
Origin
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”)).
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