Antonyms for laugh
læf, lɑflaugh

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. laughnoun

   To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.

   Synonyms:
   chuckle, cackle, giggle, snigger, guffaw, cachinnation, snicker, titter, chortle

2. laughverb

   To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.

   Synonyms:
   joke, laughing stock

3. laughverb

   Synonyms:
   snicker, cackle, titter, chortle, chuckle, guffaw, giggle, snigger

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. laugh

   Synonyms:
   mock at, ridicule, deride

Matched Categories

1. • Facial Expression

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. laugh, laughternoun

   the sound of laughing

   Antonyms:
   weep, cry

   Synonyms:
   laughter, jest, joke, jape, gag

2. laughnoun

   a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing

   "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision"

   Antonyms:
   weep, cry

   Synonyms:
   laughter, jest, joke, jape, gag

3. joke, gag, laugh, jest, japeverb

   a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

   "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"

   Antonyms:
   cry, weep

   Synonyms:
   prank, muzzle, caper, trick, antic, jest, gag, laughter, joke, jocularity, put-on, jape

4. laugh, express joy, express mirthverb

   produce laughter

   Antonyms:
   weep, cry

   Synonyms:
   express joy, express mirth

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1. laughverb

   Synonyms:
   cachinnate, roar, giggle, snicker, titter, chuckle, grin, twitter, cackle, chortle, hawhaw

How to use laugh in a sentence?

1. Television Debra Birnbaum:

   Corden has made the ‘Late Late Show’ his own, he’s completely reinvented the format with inventive games, his singing and dancing, and of course his Carpool Karaoke series -- and then there’s that infectious laugh. It's impossible to resist.

2. Jane Austen:

   For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?

3. Chazal:

   We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.

4. Colleen Kollar-Kotelly:

   Please don’t laugh, this is a courtroom.

5. Johnny Galecki:

   One of the most rewarding elements of being on 'The Big Bang Theory' has been being approached by younger people who claim they never before had considered a life in the sciences until watching the show. Our goal on 'Big Bang‘ is to make people laugh. These kids are molding our culture, building our future and even curing diseases. 'SciJinks' is a way to celebrate them and hopefully inspire more young people to follow in their footsteps — while having an absurdly good and mischievous time.

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