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Synonyms for laugh
læf, lɑflaugh
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Wiktionary
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, chortlelaughverb
To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
Synonyms:
joke, laughing stocklaughverb
Synonyms:
snicker, cackle, titter, chortle, chuckle, guffaw, giggle, snigger
Princeton's WordNet
laugh, laughternoun
the sound of laughing
laughnoun
a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
"his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision"
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"
Synonyms:
prank, muzzle, caper, trick, antic, jest, gag, laughter, joke, jocularity, laugh, put-on, japelaugh, express joy, express mirthverb
produce laughter
Synonyms:
express joy, express mirth, laugh
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Editors Contribution
smile, giggle
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#731 | fun | |
#2347 | funny | |
#3534 | rice | |
#4842 | smile | |
#4844 | ri | |
#6263 | laugh | |
#6675 | joke | |
#7167 | trick | |
#9034 | laughing | |
#11757 | laughed | |
#11977 | laughter | |
#12429 | gag | |
#14265 | laughs | |
#14981 | kidding | |
#24123 | ris | |
#28571 | jest | |
#29414 | prank | |
#31457 | ridicule | |
#31534 | giggle | |
#33249 | muzzle | |
#34456 | chuckle | |
#40207 | caper | |
#45974 | itl | |
#73064 | snicker | |
#79626 | antic | |
#103315 | deride | |
#118874 | cackle | |
#135022 | chortle | |
#143260 | titter | |
#155569 | guffaw | |
#184309 | snigger | |
#201381 | jape | |
#233386 | jocularity |
How to use laugh in a sentence?
I think she would have been a comedienne. She loved Adam Sandler. Ellen [DeGeneres] made her laugh hysterically, [as did] Robin Williams. Now shes up there with our family listening to some of Robin Williams standup acts.
It is not funny that anything else should fall down only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh Because it is a gravely religious matter it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd for only man can be dignified.
You have to laugh at yourself because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't.
A laugh is a smile that bursts.
I ain't got nobody I can laugh with and talk with, you can't quit.
Translations for laugh
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- lagAfrikaans
- ضحكArabic
- gülməkAzerbaijani
- смяя́ццаBelarusian
- сме́я сеBulgarian
- riure's de, riureCatalan, Valencian
- smát, posmívatCzech
- смиꙗтиOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- chwerthinWelsh
- lystig, latter, le, grine, le ad, sig, smile, over, gøreDanish
- lachen, auslachenGerman
- γελάω, γέλιοGreek
- ridi, ridoEsperanto
- risa, reír, reírseSpanish
- naerda, naerEstonian
- barre egin, barreBasque
- خندیدنPersian
- nauraa, nauru, iloita, naurattaa, pilkata, naurunaihe, vitsiFinnish
- flenna, grína, læaFaroese
- rire, moquerFrench
- laitsjeWestern Frisian
- déan gáire, gáir, gáireIrish
- dèan gàireScottish Gaelic
- rirGalician
- צחוקHebrew
- हँसना, हंसनाHindi
- nevetHungarian
- ծիծաղել, ծիծաղArmenian
- riderInterlingua
- tertawaIndonesian
- ridarIdo
- hlæja, hláturIcelandic
- risata, ridere, risoItalian
- 笑う, 笑い飛ばす, 一笑に付す, 笑い, 笑い物Japanese
- გაცინება, სიცილიGeorgian
- күлуKazakh
- illarpoq, illaatigaaKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- សំណើច, សើចKhmer
- 웃다, 웃음, 웃음소리Korean
- پێکهنینKurdish
- күлүүKyrgyz
- rīsus, lūdibrium, rideoLatin
- laachen, LaachLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ສວນ, ຫົວLao
- juoktis, juokasLithuanian
- smieties, smiet, smiekliLatvian
- се смее, засмева, се потсмева, исмејува, смеаMacedonian
- ചിരി, അട്ടഹസിക്കുക, പൊട്ടിച്ചിരിക്കുക, പരിഹസിക്കുക, പൊട്ടിച്ചിരിMalayalam
- инээхMongolian
- हसनेMarathi
- gelak, tawa, ketawaMalay
- ရယ်Burmese
- lach, lachen, uitlachenDutch
- skratte, le, latter, vits, låttNorwegian
- rider, arríder, rire, ris, risadaOccitan
- śmiech, śmiać się, wyśmiewać, obśmiewaćPolish
- rir, caçoar, zoar, tirar sarro, escarnecer, riso, risadaPortuguese
- riem, rier, rir, reir, riöz, riezRomansh
- râs, râset, râdeRomanian
- смея́ться, хохота́ть, насмеха́ться, смех, умо́раRussian
- rizu, risu, ridere, risulare, arriere, riere, errisu, arrisuSardinian
- смејати, smijati, смијати, smejati, smijȇhSerbo-Croatian
- හිනා වෙනවාSinhala, Sinhalese
- smiať saSlovak
- smeh, zasmehovati, smejati seSlovene
- qosolSomali
- tall, qeshem, qesh, gazmor, përqesh, qeshjeAlbanian
- skratta, skrattSwedish
- хандиданTajik
- ขำThai
- gülmekTurkmen
- gülmekTurkish
- көлергәTatar
- смія́тисяUkrainian
- ہنسناUrdu
- kulmoqUzbek
- cườiVietnamese
- smilönVolapük
- rireWalloon
- געלעכטער, צעלאַכן, לאַכןYiddish
- 笑Chinese
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