English > express mirth: 1 sense > verb 1, body| Meaning | produce laughter. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Synonyms | laugh, express joy |
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| Narrower | bellylaugh | laugh a deep, hearty laugh |
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| bray | laugh loudly and harshly |
| break up, crack up | laugh unrestrainedly |
| cachinnate | laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way |
| cackle | emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing |
| chuckle, chortle, laugh softly | laugh quietly or with restraint |
| convulse | Be overcome with laughter |
| giggle, titter | laugh nervously |
| guffaw, laugh loudly | laugh boisterously |
| roar, howl | laugh unrestrainedly and heartily |
| snicker, snigger | laugh quietly |
| Broader | express emotion, express feelings | Give verbal / verbal / verbal or other expression to one's feelings |
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| Opposite | cry, weep | shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain |
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| Spanish | reír |
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| Catalan | riure |
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