laughing
Showing audible amusement
Laughing is the present participle of laugh, describing the act of making sounds that express amusement or joy.
As an adjective, it describes someone or something that laughs or seems to laugh: laughing children, laughing eyes.
The laughing stock is a person or thing ridiculed by others.
No laughing matter means something serious, not to be dismissed lightly.
Boisterous burst of mirth
- chortleGleeful, breathy laugh
- snickerStifled, scornful laugh
- giggleSoft, silly vocalization
- cackleHarsh, shrill laugh
howler · knee-slapper · hysterics · convulsions · roar · snort · titter · chuckle
Joyful emotional state
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
- gleeExuberant, often impish delight
- elationIntense triumphant joy
- jubilationIntense, expressive happiness
exuberance · euphoria · cheerfulness · lightheartedness · enjoyment · pleasure · contentment · rapture
Episodic TV comedy series
- standupSolo comedic performance
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- improvUnscripted comedic performance
- sketchHasty informal drawing
parody · farce · satire · spoof · punchline · gag · jest · clowning
Contemptuous mocking treatment
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- sneerScornful expression
- tauntInsulting provocation
jeer · scoff · teasing · ribbing · sarcasm · irony · sardonic · derisive
Lacking grace or ease
- uncomfortableCausing unease or distress
- embarrassedSelf-consciously uncomfortable
- forcedMade to occur unwillingly
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
tense · self-conscious · defensive · sheepish · anxious · strained · hollow · brittle
guffaw
Boisterous burst of mirth
cackle · howler · knee-slapper · hysterics · convulsions · roar · snort · titter · chuckle · fits
happiness
Joyful emotional state
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
- gleeExuberant, often impish delight
- elationIntense triumphant joy
jubilation · exuberance · euphoria · cheerfulness · lightheartedness · enjoyment · pleasure · contentment · rapture · thrill
sitcom
Episodic TV comedy series
- standupSolo comedic performance
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- improvUnscripted comedic performance
sketch · parody · farce · satire · spoof · punchline · gag · jest · clowning · buffoonery
ridicule
Contemptuous mocking treatment
taunt · jeer · scoff · teasing · ribbing · sarcasm · irony · sardonic · derisive · contempt
awkward
Lacking grace or ease
- uncomfortableCausing unease or distress
- embarrassedSelf-consciously uncomfortable
- forcedMade to occur unwillingly
uneasy · tense · self-conscious · defensive · sheepish · anxious · strained · hollow · brittle · polite
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- funamusement, entertainment, excitement, joy, merriment
- gerundswalking, running, talking, eating, sleeping
- pastimeshobbies, amusement, puzzles, cards, crafting
- interactionstalking, sharing, greeting, helping, listening
- simple tasksblinking, breathing, clapping, nodding, shrugging
laughingcrying
Emotional tear release
weeping · sobbing · wailing · bawling · whimpering
- burst out laughingSuddenly begin guffawing
- laughing atMocking with amusement
- dying laughingOverwhelmed by humor
- died laughingOverwhelmed by humor fatally
- die laughingFigurative death by humor
- laughing gasInhaled sedative causing euphoria
laughingstock, laughingly, laughingstocks, laughing gas, laughing stock