Antonyms for laugh
læf, lɑflaugh

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1. 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, chortle

2. laughverb

   To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.

   Synonyms:
   joke, laughing stock

3. laughverb

   Synonyms:
   snicker, cackle, titter, chortle, chuckle, guffaw, giggle, snigger

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1. laugh

   Synonyms:
   mock at, ridicule, deride

Matched Categories

1. • Facial Expression

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. laugh, laughternoun

   the sound of laughing

   Antonyms:
   weep, cry

   Synonyms:
   laughter, jest, joke, jape, gag

2. laughnoun

   a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing

   "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision"

   Antonyms:
   weep, cry

   Synonyms:
   laughter, jest, joke, jape, gag

3. 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"

   Antonyms:
   cry, weep

   Synonyms:
   prank, muzzle, caper, trick, antic, jest, gag, laughter, joke, jocularity, put-on, jape

4. laugh, express joy, express mirthverb

   produce laughter

   Antonyms:
   weep, cry

   Synonyms:
   express joy, express mirth

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1. laughverb

   Synonyms:
   cachinnate, roar, giggle, snicker, titter, chuckle, grin, twitter, cackle, chortle, hawhaw

How to use laugh in a sentence?

1. Deshawn Yeldell:

   When the hypocrites laugh at me My most Favorite hobby is to make them look foolish, haha! They try so hard to get a reaction to make you look ridiculous feeding off their own stupidity. -MillYentei

2. The Telegraphaboutperforming:

   Bigger girls do better in comedy, i don’t know why. Maybe because people find it easier to laugh.

3. Pinkett Smith:

   Now at this point, I can only laugh, y' all know I've been struggling with alopecia and just all of a sudden one day, look at this line right here.

4. Edgar Watson Howe:

   If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.

5. Dave Coulier:

   We made each other laugh, and, you know, it was me, Bob Saget and [ the late ] Garry Shandling, and Bob Saget always had a three-way calling, so the three of us would be on the road, and Bob Saget always would patch me and Garry Shandling in, and we were like three fifth graders.

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