Laugh

　　1 an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement

　　the child's frown turned into a laugh when he saw the clown

　　Synonyms of laugh

　　belly laugh, boff (or boffo), boffola, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, hee-haw, horselaugh, laughter, snicker, snigger, titter, twitter

　　synonyms

　　laughing · chuckling · chortling · guffawing · giggling · tittering · twittering · cackling · sniggering ·hysterics · amusement

　　Words Related to laugh

　　crow, whoop

　　grin, simper, smile, smirk

　　Near Antonyms of laugh

　　cry, groan, moan, sob, wail

　　face, frown, grimace, lower (also lour), mouth, pout, scowl

　　2 someone or something that is very funny

　　that new sitcom is a laugh

　　Synonyms of laugh

　　hoot, knee-slapper, scream, riot

　　Words Related to laugh

　　boner, howler

　　crack, gag, jest, joke, pleasantry, quip, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism

　　caution, sight

　　Near Antonyms of laugh

　　bummer, downer

　　3 something said or done to cause laughter

　　the film comedy had a good laugh in just about every scene

　　Synonyms of laugh

　　boff (or boffo), boffola, crack, drollery, funny, gag, giggle [chiefly British], jape, jest, josh, joke, nifty, one-liner, pleasantry, quip, rib, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism, yuk (or yuckalso yak or yock) [slang]

　　Words Related to laugh

　　funning, joking, wisecracking

　　knee-slapper, panic [slang], riot, scream, thigh-slapper

　　antic, buffoonery, caper, leg-pull, monkeyshine(s), practical joke, prank, trick

　　burlesque, caricature, lampoon, mock, mockery, parody, put-on, riff

　　banter, kidding, persiflage, raillery, repartee

　　drollness, facetiousness, funniness, hilariousness, humorousness

　　comedy, humor, wit, wordplay

　　(https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laugh)

　　Version 2:

　　Synonyms of 'laughter'

　　chuckling amusement

　　Noun1 chuckling, laughing, giggling

　　Their laughter filled the corridor.

　　2 amusement, entertainment, humour

　　Pantomime is about bringing laughter to thousands.

　　QuotationsLaughter is pleasant, but the exertion is too much for me

　　[Thomas Love Peacock – Nightmare Abbey]

　　Delight hath a joy in it either permanent or pleasant. Laughter hath only a scornful tickling

　　[Sir Philip Sidney – The Defence of Poetry]

　　If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter

　　[Joseph Addison]

　　The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it ... try to fake three laughs in an hour - ha ha ha ha ha - they'll take you away, man. You can't

　　[Lenny Bruce – Performing and the Art of Comedy]

　　As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool

　　[Bible: Ecclesiastes]

　　Additional synonymsentertainment

　　I play the piano purely for my own entertainment.

　　fun

　　You refer to an activity or situation as fun if you think it is pleasant and enjoyable and it causes you to feel happy.

　　You still have time to join in the fun.

　　glee

　　Glee is a feeling of happiness and excitement, often caused by someone else's misfortune.

　　His victory was greeted with glee.

　　hilarity

　　Hilarity is great amusement and laughter.

　　The report in The Times caught the mood of hilarity.

　　humour

　　Humour is a quality in something that makes you laugh, for example in a situation, in someone's words or actions, or in a book or film.

　　She couldn't ignore the humour of the situation.

　　merriment

　　Merriment means laughter.

　　He jokes and ad-libs, to the general merriment of the audience.

　　mirth

　　Mirth is amusement which you express by laughing.

　　That caused considerable mirth amon

　　Nearby words of 'laughter'laugh something off

　　laughable

　　laughing stock

　　laughter

　　launch

　　launch into something

　　launder

　　【(公眾號：英語學習)】

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