| VERB | body | express mirth, laugh, express joy | produce laughter |
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| Meaning | produce laughter. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | laugh, express joy | |
| Narrower | bellylaugh | laugh a deep, hearty laugh |
| 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 |
| Opposite | cry, weep | shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain |
| Spanish | reír | |
| Catalan | riure | |
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