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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make screeching, crying noise |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bicker, howl, quarrel, scream, screech, shriek, squall, wail, yell, yowl |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call out, yell |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, bellow, bleat, cackle, call, caw, chatter, cheer, clack, clamor, cluck, coo, croak, crow, ejaculate, exclaim, gabble, growl, grunt, hail, hiss, holler, holler out, hoot, howl, low, meow, moo, nicker, pipe, quack, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, sing out, snarl, squawk, trill, tweet, twitter, vociferate, whinny, whistle, whoop, yawp, yelp |
| Main Entry: | entertaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing, pleasing |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, affecting, be a ball, captivating, charming, cheerful, cheering, clever, compelling, delightful, diverting, droll, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, fun, funny, gas*, gay, humorous, impressive, inspiring, interesting, lively, moving, piquant, pleasant, pleasurable, poignant, priceless, provocative, recreative, relaxing, restorative, riot, rousing, scream, side-splitting, stimulating, stirring, striking, thrilling, witty |
| Antonyms: | boring, dull, laborious, sad, tiring, unamusing, unfunny, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hilarious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very funny |
| Synonyms: | amusing, comical, convivial, entertaining, exhilarated, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, gut-busting, happy, humorous, jocular, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, laughable, lively, merry, mirthful, noisy, priceless, riot, rollicking, scream, side-splitting, uproarious, witty |
| Antonyms: | grave, serious, somber, tragic, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | holler |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shout, yell |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bellow, call, cheer, complain, cry, hoot, howl, roar, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, squawk, squeal, ululate, vociferate, wail, whoop, yap, yelp |
| Main Entry: | hoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry |
| Synonyms: | boo, catcall, heckle, hiss, howl, jeer, razz, scoff at, scorn, scream, shout down, whistle |
| Main Entry: | howl |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | long, painful cry |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, bellow, blubber, clamor, groan, growl, hoot, keen, lament, moan, outcry, quest, roar, scream, shout, shriek, ululate, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yell, yelp, yip, yowl |
| Main Entry: | laugh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expressing amusement, happiness |
| Synonyms: | break up, burst*, cachinnate, chortle, chuckle, convulsed, crack up, crow, die laughing, fracture, giggle, grin, guffaw, howl, roar, roll in the aisles, scream, shriek, snicker, snort, split one's sides, titter, whoop, with sound be in stitches |
| Antonyms: | cry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laughable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily made fun of |
| Synonyms: | absurd, amusing, asinine, bizarre, camp, campy, comic, comical, derisive, derisory, diverting, droll, eccentric, entertaining, facetious, fantastic, farcical, funny, gelastic, har-har, hilarious, humorous, inane, jocose, jocular, jokey, joshing, ludicrous, mirthful, mocking, nonsensical, preposterous, rich, ridiculous, riot, risible, scream, unusual, witty |
| Antonyms: | grave, serious |
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