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All guffaw synonyms

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noun guffaw

  • laughter — the action or sound of laughing.
  • roar — a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person: the roar of a lion.
  • shout — to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.
  • snort — (of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound: The spirited horse snorted and shied at the train.
  • shriek — a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
  • howl — to utter a loud, prolonged, mournful cry, as that of a dog or wolf.
  • howling — producing or uttering a howling noise: a howling mob.
  • belly laugh — A belly laugh is a very loud, deep laugh.
  • chuckle — When you chuckle, you laugh quietly.
  • laugh — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
  • chortle — To chortle means to laugh in a way that shows you are very pleased.
  • horselaugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.

verb guffaw

  • crack up — If someone cracks up, they are under such a lot of emotional strain that they become mentally ill.
  • fall about — If you say that people are falling about, you mean that they are laughing a lot about something.

adjective guffaw

  • giggler — to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, especially with short, repeated gasps and titters, as from juvenile or ill-concealed amusement or nervous embarrassment.
  • crackup — a cracking up
  • chortler — One who chortles.
  • crower — to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
  • gurgling — to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
  • cackler — A person or creature that cackles.
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