hilarity
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hi·lar·i·ty
(hĭ-lăr′ĭ-tē, -lâr′-, hī-)n.
Great merriment.
[Middle English hilarite, good spirits, from Old French, from Latin hilaritās, from hilaris, cheerful, from Greek hilaros.]
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hilarity
(hɪˈlærɪtɪ)n
mirth and merriment; cheerfulness
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hi•lar•i•ty
(hɪˈlær ɪ ti, -ˈlɛər-, haɪ-)n.
exuberant merriment sometimes verging on becoming rambunctious.
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hilarity
noun merriment, high spirits, mirth, gaiety, laughter, amusement, glee, exuberance, exhilaration, cheerfulness, jollity, levity, conviviality, joviality, boisterousness, joyousness, jollification The report in The Times caught the mood of hilarity.
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hilarity
nounA state of joyful exuberance:
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مَرَحٌ صاخِب
veselost
munterhed
kátína
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hilarity
n → Heiterkeit f; (= gaiety) → Fröhlichkeit f; (= laughter) → Gelächter nt; his statement caused some hilarity → seine Behauptung löste einige Heiterkeit aus
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hilarious
(hiˈleəriəs) adjective very funny. a hilarious comedy.
hiˈlariously adverbhiˈlarity (-ˈlӕ-) noun
amusement; laughter.
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