uproarious

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   characterized by loud, uncontrolled noise or laughter

   Uproarious laughter erupted when the actor missed the chair.

2. 2
   adj

   extremely funny and likely to provoke loud laughter

   The audience found the improvised scene uproarious.

Formed from uproar + -ious, a variant of the adjective suffix -ous. The adjective first described conduct full of uproar and then came to describe comedy or events that produce loud, uncontrolled laughter.

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