cackled

Made witch sounds

Cackled is the past tense of cackle—to laugh in a sharp, broken way that resembles a hen's cry after laying an egg.

The sound suggests something unpleasant or sinister: The witch cackled as she stirred her cauldron.

It can also describe excited, triumphant laughter: She cackled with glee when she heard the news.

laughter

witch

Practitioner of dark arts

gleeful · maniacal · wicked · snickered · guffawed · chortled · crone · hag · malicious · delight

mockery

jeered

Mocked aloud, scornfully

scoffed · derided · mocked · cruel · gleeful · scornful · contempt · bullied · teased · gloated

poultry

hen

Female fowl

barnyard · egg-laying · coop · fowl · squawked · broody · flock · pecking · nesting · farm

Opposites
sound production vs. silence

cackledsaid nothing

kept quiet · hushed · muted · stifled · silenced

laugh quality/manner

cackledgiggled

Laughed in short bursts

tittered · chuckled · snickered · murmured · whispered

emotional expression

cackledsobbed

Wept audibly and convulsively

wept · cried · wailed · whimpered · moaned

Family

cackle, cackling, cackles, cackler, cacklers

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G