noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ hearty , helpless , hysterical , insane , loud , maniacal ( esp. AmE ), raucous , uncontrollable , uproarious , wild
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I heard sounds of raucous ~ upstairs.
▪ happy
▪ infectious
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Her infectious ~ had everyone smiling.
▪ nervous
▪ muffled , quiet , silent , soft , suppressed
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She was bent over with suppressed ~.
▪ derisive , mocking
▪ cruel , evil , sinister
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Andrea burst into cruel ~.
▪ drunken
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Gerry exploded into more drunken ~.
▪ canned
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the canned ~ of a sitcom
… OF LAUGHTER
▪ bark , hoot , howl , roar , shout , shriek , snort
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He gave a sudden bellow of ~.
▪ fit
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Everyone dissolved into fits of ~ when they saw my haircut.
▪ bout ( AmE ), burst , chorus , gale , guffaw , peal , ripple , round , wave
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His suggestion was greeted with peals of ~.
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A ripple of ~ ran around the room.
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That comment brought another round of ~.
VERB + LAUGHTER
▪ burst into , dissolve into , explode with
▪ bellow with , cackle with , hoot with , howl with , roar with , scream with , shriek with , snort with , squeal with
▪ rock with , shake with
▪ draw , elicit , provoke
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Hunter's statement drew ~ from the crowd.
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The joke provoked ~ from all of them.
▪ choke back ( esp. AmE ), contain , control , hide , hold back , muffle , smother ( esp. AmE ), stifle , suppress
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Will was no longer able to contain his ~.