" laughingly "

1: as in blithely, breezily;

•  Synonyms : 

•  blithely,

•  blithesomely,

•  breezily,

•  gladly,

•  gladsomely,

•  lightheartedly,

•  sunnily,

•  amusedly,

•  exuberantly,

•  giddily,

•  gigglingly,

•  joyfully,

•  joyously,

•  amicably,

•  friendlily,

•  friendly,

•  good-humoredly,

•  good-naturedly,

•  jocularly,

•  brightly,

•  cheerfully,

•  cheerily,

•  gaily,

•  happily,

•  heartily,

•  jocosely,

•  jovially,

•  merrily,

•  mirthfully,

•  smilingly,

•  hopefully,

•  optimistically,

•  sanguinely,

•  blissfully,

•  elatedly,

•  euphorically,

•  rapturously

•  Antonyms : 

•  bleakly,

•  cheerlessly,

•  darkly,

•  heavily,

•  miserably,

•  morosely,

•  unhappily,

•  abjectly,

•  dejectedly,

•  despondently,

•  disconsolately,

•  dispiritedly,

•  wretchedly,

•  dolefully,

•  dolorously,

•  forlornly,

•  mournfully,

•  plaintively,

•  sorrowfully,

•  dourly,

•  glumly,

•  mirthlessly,

•  sourly,

•  sternly,

•  sulkily,

•  sullenly,

•  blackly,

•  dismally,

•  drearily,

•  gloomily,

•  pessimistically

1: to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound;

  * e.g., " ... everyone laughed when the clown dramatically slipped and fell "

•  Synonyms : 

•  break up,

•  cackle,

•  chortle,

•  chuckle,

•  crack up,

•  giggle,

•  hee-haw,

•  roar,

•  scream,

•  snicker,

•  titter,

•  twitter

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions;

  * e.g., " ... you're going to try out for the football team? Don't make me laugh! "

•  Synonyms : 

•  smile,

•  sneer,

•  snicker,

•  snigger

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter;

  * e.g., " ... most viewers seem to tune in just to laugh at the self-deluded souls who think that they can actually sing "

•  Synonyms : 

•  deride,

•  gibe,

•  jeer,

•  mock,

•  ridicule,

•  scout,

•  shoot down,

•  skewer

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound;

  * e.g., " ... everyone laughed when the clown dramatically slipped and fell "

•  Synonyms : 

•  breaking up,

•  cackling,

•  chortling,

•  chuckling,

•  cracking up,

•  giggling,

•  hee-hawing,

•  roaring,

•  screaming,

•  snickering,

•  tittering,

•  twittering

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions;

  * e.g., " ... you're going to try out for the football team? Don't make me laugh! "

•  Synonyms : 

•  smiling,

•  sneering,

•  snickering,

•  sniggering

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)