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laughters

NOUN

audible expression of amusement

Synonyms

WEAK

amusement cachinnation cackle chortle chuckle chuckling crack-up crow fit gesture giggle giggling glee guffaw hilarity howling merriment mirth peal rejoicing roar shout shriek snicker snigger snort sound titter yuck

Antonyms

WEAK

cry

NOUN

amusement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amusement chuckle gesture giggle glee guffaw hilarity laugh mirth roar shout shriek snicker

STRONG

cachinnation cackle chortle crack-up crow crowing fit howling merriment peal rejoicing roaring shouting snigger snort snorting sound titter

WEAK

chortling chuckling giggling guffawing har-de-har tehee tittering yuck

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sadness unhappiness

WEAK

despair gloom

Example Sentences

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And foremost among the laughters was doubtless the rattle-pated Boswell.

From Oliver Goldsmith A Biography by Irving, Washington

Oh, eyes sublime— With tears and laughters for all time!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various

When she cam to the Netherbow port, She laughed loud laughters three; But when she cam to the gallows foot,75 The tears blinded her ee.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

Thirstier still the roaring flames are glowing, Fainter in his ear the laughters growing; Brief endures the fierce and fiery trial— Angel-welcomes drown the earth-denial.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 419 Volume 17, New Series, January 10, 1852 by Chambers, William

Dining with Mark Heath in the Hotel Marseillaise that night, Bertram fell into a spell of musing, a visible melancholy uncommon in him; for his ill-humors, like his laughters, burned short and violent.

From The Readjustment by Irwin, Will