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hilarity

noun as in laughter

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The prime minister made the juggling hand gesture that accompanies the reference, prompting class-wide hilarity.

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From its first season to its last, “Friends” has celebrated Thanksgiving with the hijinks, hilarity and occasional pathos it deserves.

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Cassandra Peterson understands the power of a movie night — or more specifically, the kind of movie night that wobbles between horror and hilarity, where the fake blood maybe gleams brighter than the budget.

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But farce is a universal language, and the hilarity is not just translated but alchemized into something riotously contemporary.

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That dynamic yields both dramatic tension and hilarity as Theo and Ivy begin to resent each other.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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