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Definition of Hilarity
1. Noun. Great merriment.
Generic synonyms: Gaiety, Merriment
Derivative terms: Gleeful, Hilarious, Mirthful, Mirthful
Definition of Hilarity
1. n. Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity.
Definition of Hilarity
1. Noun. A great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by laughter. ¹
2. Noun. Something that induces laughter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hilarity
1. noisy merriment [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hilarity
Literary usage of Hilarity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"JOVIALITY or JOLLITY, and hilarity, are species of merriment which belong to the
convivial board, or to less refined indulgences : joviality or jollity is ..."
2. Spinoza and His Environment: A Critical Essay with a Translation of the Ethics by Henry Smith (1886)
"hilarity can not have excess, but is always good, and on the contrary melancholy
is alw lys ... hilarity (see Dcf. in Schol., Prop, xi., Part III. ..."
3. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"COMBINATION, VIVACITY, hilarity, PLEASANTRY, BRILLIANCY IN WRITING OR
CONVERSATION, ' , * ARE nearly, ..."
4. Political History of Secession to the Beginning of the American Civil War by Daniel Wait ( Howe (1914)
"All the historians who write from personal recollection of this campaign unite
in describing it as partaking more of the character of a carnival of hilarity ..."
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