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adj. - Marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; Uncontrollably noisy.

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Usage examples (34)
  • She held one uproarious party.
  • At Cork, to which they drove across the hills, a reception awaited Sir Walter which rivalled in uproarious acclamation the one which had greeted his arrival in Ireland.
  • Assemblies, or by what other name the poor Black wretches might choose to call their uproarious merrymakings.
  • The sailors were said to be "uproarious" over the news.
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