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hilarious

/hɪˈleəriəs/adjective

उच्चारण हिलेअरिअस

बहुत मज़ेदार, हँसा-हँसाकर लोटपोट करने वाला

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adjective
  1. 1

    extremely amusing

    बहुत मज़ेदार, हँसा-हँसाकर लोटपोट करने वाला

    • a hilarious film
    • She told a hilarious story about her first day at school.
    • The play was hilarious, and the whole hall laughed.
    + 2 more examples
    • His hilarious mimicry of the teacher made us roar.
    • Radhika found the cartoon strip hilarious.

    Synonyms very funny hysterical uproarious side-splitting comical

    Opposite serious sad solemn boring

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

hilarious + noun

Before a noun, hilarious describes something that makes people laugh a great deal.

संज्ञा से पहले 'hilarious' उस चीज़ का वर्णन करता है जो लोगों को बहुत हँसाती है।

  • It was a hilarious comedy about a wedding.
  • He told a hilarious story about his first train journey.

find sth hilarious

Use find + object + hilarious for your own reaction to something.

किसी चीज़ पर अपनी प्रतिक्रिया बताने के लिए find + object + hilarious का प्रयोग होता है।

  • Radhika found the monkey's dance hilarious.

It is hilarious + to-infinitive / when-clause

A to-infinitive or a when-clause says what is funny.

क्या हास्यपूर्ण है, यह बताने के लिए to-infinitive या when-clause का प्रयोग होता है।

  • It was hilarious to watch the uncle try to dance.
  • It is hilarious when my grandfather tries to use the phone.

hilarious / hilariously / hilarity

Hilarious is the adjective, hilariously the adverb and hilarity the noun meaning noisy laughter.

'Hilarious' adjective है, 'hilariously' adverb है और 'hilarity' noun है जिसका अर्थ ज़ोर की हँसी है।

  • The play was hilariously funny.
  • The classroom filled with hilarity.
+Collocations 4

hilarious + noun

jokestoryscenefilmmistakemoment

  • The film has a hilarious scene at a railway station.

adverb + hilarious

absolutelyutterlypositivelydownrighttruly

  • The teacher's imitation was absolutely hilarious.

verb + hilarious

findsoundproveseemturn out

  • The story sounded hilarious when he told it.

hilarious + result

hilarious resultshilarious consequenceshilarious attempthilarious misunderstanding

  • The mix-up of the two parcels led to a hilarious misunderstanding.
“More examples 5
  • The class found the principal's attempt to use a smartphone hilarious.

कक्षा को प्रधानाचार्य का स्मार्टफ़ोन चलाने का प्रयास बेहद हास्यपूर्ण लगा।

  • Radhika's imitation of the weatherman was hilarious.

राधिका द्वारा मौसम बताने वाले की नकल बेहद हास्यपूर्ण थी।

  • The wedding band played hilarious tunes as the groom's friends danced.

दूल्हे के दोस्तों के नाचने पर शादी के बैंड ने हँसाने वाली धुनें बजाईं।

  • It was hilarious to see the cow wandering into the cinema hall.

गाय को सिनेमा हॉल में घुसते देखना बड़ा हास्यपूर्ण था।

  • The comedian's hilarious remarks kept the audience laughing for an hour.

हास्य कलाकार की हँसाने वाली टिप्पणियों ने दर्शकों को एक घंटे तक हँसाए रखा।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ We laughed on his hilarious joke.

✓ We laughed at his hilarious joke.

Laugh takes at when the cause of the laughter is mentioned.

हँसी का कारण बताने पर 'laugh' के साथ at आता है।

✗ The film was full of hilarity jokes.

✓ The film was full of hilarious jokes.

Before the noun jokes the adjective hilarious is needed, not the noun hilarity.

Noun 'jokes' से पहले adjective 'hilarious' चाहिए, noun 'hilarity' नहीं।

✗ The comedy was hilarious and made me to laugh.

✓ The comedy was hilarious and made me laugh.

After make + object, the bare infinitive without to is used.

Make + object के बाद to के बिना bare infinitive आता है।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

These adjectives all describe funny things, but they differ in how strong the laughter is.

ये adjectives हास्यपूर्ण चीज़ों का वर्णन करते हैं, पर हँसी की तीव्रता में अंतर है।

hilarious

Extremely funny, causing loud laughter.

अत्यंत हास्यपूर्ण, जो ज़ोर की हँसी लाए।

  • The skit was hilarious.

amusing

Pleasantly funny, causing a smile or a mild laugh.

सुखद रूप से मज़ेदार, जो मुस्कान या हल्की हँसी लाए।

  • She told an amusing story about her cat.

witty

Clever and funny in the choice of words, not only in the situation.

केवल परिस्थिति में ही नहीं, शब्दों के चयन में भी चतुर और मज़ेदार।

  • His witty reply silenced the critic.
◇Word family
hilarity nounhilariously adv.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

very funny hysterical uproarious side-splitting comical

Antonyms

serious sad solemn boring

AaSpelling

hi·lar·i·ous

With -lari- (not 'hillarious' or 'hilareous'); the noun hilarity (loud laughter and fun).

बीच में -lari- ('hillarious' या 'hilareous' गलत है); noun hilarity (ज़ोर की हँसी और मौज)।

?Which word?

Keep the funny words in order of strength: amusing, funny, comical, hilarious, side-splitting (extremely funny).

मज़ेदार के शब्द तीव्रता के क्रम में याद रखिए: amusing, funny, comical, hilarious, side-splitting (बेहद मज़ेदार)।