laugh
Partizip Perfekt: laughed,
Partizip Präsens: laugh·ing.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
laugh (verb)intransitive verb
1.
a) to show emotion (as mirth, joy, or scorn) with a chuckle or explosive vocal sound
b) to find amusement or pleasure in something - laughed at his own clumsiness
c) to become amused or derisive - a very skeptical public laughed at our early efforts Graenum Berger
2.
a) to produce the sound or appearance of - laughter a laughing brook
transitive verb
b) to be of a kind that inspires joy
1.
to influence or move by laughter - laughed the bad singer off the stage
2.
to utter with a laugh
1.
the act of - laughing
2.
a) a cause for derision or merriment - joke
b) an expression of scorn or mockery - jeer
3.
- diversion sport play baseball just for laughs
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
laugh (noun)1.
an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement
SYNONYMS:
belly laugh, boff ( boffo), boffola, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, hee-haw, horselaugh, laughter, snicker, snigger, titter, twitterRELATED WORDS:
crow, whoop; grin, simper, smile, smirkNEAR ANTONYMS:
cry, groan, moan, sob, wail; face, frown, grimace, lower ( lour), mouth, pout, scowl2.
someone or something that is very funny
SYNONYMS:
hoot, knee-slapper, laugh, riotRELATED WORDS:
boner, howler; crack, gag, jest, joke, pleasantry, quip, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism; caution, sightNEAR ANTONYMS:
bummer, downer3.
something said or done to cause laughter
SYNONYMS:
boff ( boffo), boffola, crack, drollery, funny, gag, giggle, jape, jest, josh, laugh, nifty, one-liner, pleasantry, quip, rib, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism, yuk ( yuck yak yock)RELATED WORDS:
funning, joking, wisecracking; knee-slapper, panic [], riot, scream, thigh-slapper; antic, buffoonery, caper, leg-pull, monkeyshine(s), practical joke, prank, trick; burlesque, caricature, lampoon, mock, mockery, parody, put-on, riff; banter, kidding, persiflage, raillery, repartee; drollness, facetiousness, funniness, hilariousness, humorousness; comedy, humor, wit, wordplay1.
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound
SYNONYMS:
break up, cackle, chortle, chuckle, crack up, giggle, hee-haw, roar, scream, snicker, titter, twitterRELATED WORDS:
grin, smileNEAR ANTONYMS:
bawl, blubber, cry, sob, weep; howl, scream, squall, wail, yowl; bleat, pule, whimper, whine; sniffle, snivel; groan, moan, sigh2.
to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions
SYNONYMS:
laugh, smile, snicker, sniggerRELATED WORDS:
sniff, snort; catcall, deride, gibe ( jibe), hoot, insult, jeer, mock, ridicule; decry, despise, disdain; scoff (at), scorn; bad-mouth, belittle, disparage, pooh-pooh ( pooh), put down; heckle, jive, razz, rib, ride, taunt, tease, tormentto make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
SYNONYMS:
deride, gibe ( jibe), jeer, laugh (at), mock, scout, shoot down, skewerRELATED WORDS:
scoff (at), scorn, sneer (at); bad-mouth, belittle, decry, disparage, pooh-pooh ( pooh), put down; chaff, jive, josh, kid, quiz, rally, razz, rib, ride, tease, tweak, twit; bait, barrack [], bug, catcall, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, needle, pester, rag, target, taunt, torment; ape, burlesque, caricature, imitate, lampoon, mimic, parody, parrot, pillory, satirize, take off (on), travestyNEAR ANTONYMS:
applaud, approve, commend, endorse ( indorse), sanction