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 how many frequent persons who laugh at that simplicity which the addresser admires in himself as wit, and yet both recreate themselves with double laughters!

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

Therefore, little one, give up all these laughters and gentlenesses of thine, they are not worth much, I can tell thee.

From Flemish Legends by Coster, Charles de

Her almond eyes were of some fantastic shade of sapphire-blue with deep gray twilights in them and sea-green laughters.

From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton

There were whispers and laughters and sudden sweeping embarrassments.

From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton

During his absence the laughters redoubled;—but in the midst of it Maynard re-entered, and desired they would allow him to read the letter to the end.

From Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter by Opie, Amelia Alderson