titter
Suppressed small giggle
A titter is a nervous, suppressed laugh—quieter and more restrained than a giggle, often with a hand covering the mouth.
It suggests embarrassment, awkwardness, or trying not to laugh openly: A titter ran through the audience when his voice cracked.
The verb means to laugh this way: The students tittered at the innuendo.
Soft, silly vocalization
- snickerStifled, scornful laugh
- chuckleLow, suppressed laugh
- nervous laughLaughter from discomfort
- suppressed laughRestrained audible amusement
awkwardness · embarrassment · blush · self-consciousness · shyness · stifled · flutter · squirm
giggle
Soft, silly vocalization
- snickerStifled, scornful laugh
- chuckleLow, suppressed laugh
- nervous laughLaughter from discomfort
suppressed laugh · awkwardness · embarrassment · blush · self-consciousness · shyness · stifled · flutter · squirm · fidget
giggle
Soft, silly vocalization
silly · lighthearted · playful · mirth · glee · tickled · amused · whimsy · giddy · mirthful
snicker
Stifled, scornful laugh
scornful · ridicule · gossip · whisper · mean-spirited · catty · cruel · taunt · jeer · sneering
- laughterlaugh, giggling, chuckling, laughing, snickering
- merrimentmirth, laugh, gaiety, merriment, chuckle
- suppressed laughsnicker, snigger
- laughter soundslaughter, giggle, chuckle, snicker, chortle
- T-T wordstattletale, titillate, tatterdemalion, tutti-frutti, teetotaler
- soundssound, beeps, listen, sounds, hear
titterguffaw
Boisterous burst of mirth
belly laugh · roar · cackle · uproarious laughter · loud laugh