| Main Entry: | laughter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement |
Synonyms: |
amusement, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chortling, chuckle, chuckling, crack-up, crow, crowing, fit, gesture, giggle, giggling, glee, guffaw, guffawing, har-de-har, hilarity, howling, laugh, merriment, mirth, peal, rejoicing, roar, roaring, shout, shouting, shriek, snicker, snigger, snort, snorting, sound, tehee, titter, tittering, yuck |
Antonyms: |
despair, gloom |
| Main Entry: | amusement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertaining, making someone laugh |
Synonyms: |
action, ball*, beguilement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, field day, fun, fun and games, gladdening, gratification, grins, high time, hilarity, hoopla*, laughs, laughter, merriment, merry go round, mirth, picnic, play, pleasing, pleasure, regalement, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
boredom |
| Main Entry: | derision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult, disrespect |
Synonyms: |
Bronx cheer, backhanded compliment, brickbat, butt*, comeback, contempt, contumely, crack, dig*, disdain, disparagement, dump*, jab, jest, joke, laughingstock, laughter, mockery, object of ridicule, parting shot, pilgarlic, put-down, raillery, ridicule, satire, scoffing, scorn, slam*, slap, sneering |
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adulation, commendation, compliment, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | fun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, play |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, ball*, big time, blast*, buffoonery, celebration, cheer, clowning, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, foolery, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, good time, grins, high jinks, holiday, horseplay, jesting, jocularity, joke, joking, jollity, joy, junketing, laughter, living it up, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic, playfulness, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, romping, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
sadness, work |
| Main Entry: | guffaw |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burst of laughter |
Synonyms: |
belly laugh, deep laugh, howl, howling, laughter, loud laugh, roar, shout, shriek, snort |
| Main Entry: | happiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high spirits, satisfaction |
Synonyms: |
beatitude, blessedness, bliss, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, content, contentment, delectation, delight, delirium, ecstasy, elation, enchantment, enjoyment, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, good cheer, good humor, good spirits, hilarity, hopefulness, joviality, joy, jubilation, laughter, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, optimism, paradise, peace of mind, playfulness, pleasure, prosperity, rejoicing, sanctity, seventh heaven, vivacity, well-being |
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depression, gloom, misery, pain, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | laugh/laughter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | audible expression of amusement |
Synonyms: |
amusement, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chuckle, chuckling, crack-up, crow, fit, gesture, giggle, giggling, glee, guffaw, hilarity, howling, merriment, mirth, peal, rejoicing, roar, shout, shriek, snicker, snigger, snort, sound, titter, yuck |
Antonyms: |
cry |
| Main Entry: | merriment/merrymaking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enjoyment, amusement |
Synonyms: |
brawl, buffoonery, cheerfulness, conviviality, festivity, frolic, fun, fun and games, gaiety, glee, happiness, hilarity, hoopla*, indulgence, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, laughs, laughter, levity, liveliness, mirth, picnic, recreation, revel, revelry, self-indulgence, shindig, sport, whoopee, wingding |
Antonyms: |
sadness, sorrow, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | mirth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great joy |
Synonyms: |
amusement, cheer, cheerfulness, convulsions, entertainment, festivity, frivolity, frolic, fun, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, hilarity, hysteria, hysterics, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joyousness, kicks, laughs, laughter, levity, lightheartedness, merriment, merrymaking, pleasure, rejoicing, revelry, sport, whoopee |
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blues, depression, distress, sadness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | ridicule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contemptuous laughter at someone or something |
Synonyms: |
badinage, banter, buffoonery, burlesque, caricature, chaff, comeback, contempt, derision, dig*, disdain, disparagement, farce, foolery, gibe, irony, jab, jeer, laughter, leer, mockery, mordancy, needling, parody, parting shot, persiflage, put-on, putdown, raillery, rally, razz, rib, roast, sarcasm, sardonicism, satire, scorn, slam*, sneer*, swipe, taunt, taunting, travesty |
Antonyms: |
flattery, praise |