uproarious
/ˌʌpˈɹɔ.ɹi.əs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterized by uproar, that is, loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter.
adj
Example Sentences
- "“Oh! there's no fear of him,” said Burgess, cheerily; “if he grows uproarious, we'll soon give him a touch of the cat.”"
- "The noise in this room was perfectly tumultuous, […] every child was conducting itself like forty. The consequences were uproarious beyond belief; but no one seemed to care; on the contrary, the mother and daughter laughed heartily, and enjoyed it very much; and the latter, soon beginning to mingle in the sports, got pillaged by the young brigands most ruthlessly."
- "One "set" off, another takes its place, he or she remaining longest on the floor receiving the most uproarious commendation, and so the dancing continues until broad daylight. It does not cease with the sound of the fiddle, but in that case they set up a music peculiar to themselves."
- "The two bushes looked up in surprise, and when they saw Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion and Sir Hokus, they fell into each other's branches and burst into the most uproarious laughter."
- "At the uproarious cheering which greeted his appearance, [Maximilien] Robespierre advanced into the open, whilst a sudden swift light of triumph darted from his narrow, pale eyes."
- "Yet as with Booksmart, the summer's earlier riff on that Apatovian classic, there are times when Good Boys feels a little too nice to actually be uproarious. In more ways than one, it's the training wheels for a better comedy—a slightly edgier and funnier one."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌʌpˈɹɔ.ɹi.əs/
- British English: /ʌpˈɹɔː.ɹɪ.əs/
Inflected Forms
more uproarious (comparative)
most uproarious (superlative)