Antonyms for side-splitting


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sahyd-split-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaɪdˌsplɪt ɪŋ


Definition of side-splitting

  • As in rich : adj very funny
  • As in comical : adj amusing
  • As in uproarious : adj hilarious
  • As in comic/comical : adj amusing
  • As in entertaining : adj amusing, pleasing
  • As in funny : adj comical, humorous
  • As in hilarious : adj very funny
  • As in humorous : adj funny, comical
Example sentences :
  • It proved to be a side-splitting as well as an ice-breaking affair.
  • Extract from : « On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck » by R. Pitcher Woodward
  • Go right up and entertain her with some side-splitting stories.
  • Extract from : « Stover at Yale » by Owen Johnson
  • His burlesque of Taglioni was side-splitting, especially as he grew stouter.
  • Extract from : « Forty Years of 'Spy' » by Leslie Ward
  • Expert tumblers, they executed most amazing and side-splitting fails.
  • Extract from : « Michael, Brother of Jerry » by Jack London
  • Leigh had the art of making pieces—dull to the reader, side-splitting mirth to an audience.
  • Extract from : « Their Majesties' Servants (Volume 1 of 3) » by John Doran
  • Let a quiet and demure dulness be the foil of your side-splitting sallies.
  • Extract from : « Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland » by Daniel Turner Holmes
  • A side-splitting novelty, full of "good lines" and comical incident and character.
  • Extract from : « The Templeton Teapot » by Grace Cooke Strong
  • Long as he had been in Madrid, he could not speak Spanish correctly, and his mistakes fed the clubs with side-splitting anecdotes.
  • Extract from : « Romantic Spain » by John Augustus O'Shea
  • They thought Birkenbog so funny that everything he said was side-splitting even before he had said it.
  • Extract from : « The Dew of Their Youth » by S. R. Crockett
  • Rigid care has been taken to exclude such dramatic pieces which are fittingly described as "side-splitting farces."
  • Extract from : « Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays » by Various

Synonyms for side-splitting

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