guffawing
Belting out laughter
Guffawing is laughing loudly and heartily, often in a way that's boisterous or unrestrained.
A guffaw is a belly laugh—the kind that erupts at a joke and fills a room: The audience was guffawing at his impersonation.
The word suggests laughter that's genuine but perhaps lacking refinement.
Loud, uncontrolled amusement
- roaringMaking prolonged loud noise
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
- cacklingHarsh, staccato laughter
- chortlingGleeful breathy laughter
snorting · hooting · cracking up · convulsing · side-splitting · uproarious · hilarious · hysterical
Transmissible between people
- groupAssembled collection of things
- sharedHeld in common
- raucousLoud and disorderly
- boomingExperiencing rapid growth
echoing · thunderous · unrestrained · loud · jovial · companionable · pub · party
Expressing contemptuous ridicule
- scornfulShowing open contempt
- jeeringVocal public mockery
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
- ridiculingMocking with contempt
sneering · contemptuous · dismissive · scoffing · belittling · humiliating · cruel · pointed
belly laugh
Loud, uncontrolled amusement
- roaringMaking prolonged loud noise
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
- cacklingHarsh, staccato laughter
chortling · snorting · hooting · cracking up · convulsing · side-splitting · uproarious · hilarious · hysterical · rib-tickling
contagious
Transmissible between people
booming · echoing · thunderous · unrestrained · loud · jovial · companionable · pub · party · gathering
derisive
Expressing contemptuous ridicule
ridiculing · sneering · contemptuous · dismissive · scoffing · belittling · humiliating · cruel · pointed · sardonic
- laughterlaugh, giggling, chuckling, laughing, snickering
guffawingtittering
Nervous, restrained laughter
chuckling · smirking · snickering · giggling · half-smile