Meaning

  1. Causing, or likely to cause, an uproar.
  2. Characterized by uproar, that is, loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter.
  3. (broadly) Extremely funny; hilarious.
  4. (figuratively) In a mess; dishevelled, untidy.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʌpˈɹɔː.ɹɪ.əs/
Etymology

From uproar + -ious (a variant of -ous (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree, commonly in abundance”)).

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