English-Thai Dictionary

laughter

N การหัวเราะ  laughing kan-hua-ror

 

laughter

N เสียงหัวเราะ  siang-hua-ror

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LAUGHTER

n.l'affter. Convulsive merriment; an expression of mirth peculiar to man, consisting in a peculiar noise and configuration of features, with a shaking of the sides and expulsion of breath. I said of laughter, it is mad. Ecclesiastes 2:2.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LAUGHTER

Laugh "ter, n. Etym: [AS. hleahtor; akin to OHG. hlahtar, G.gelächter, Icel. hlatr, Dan. latter. See Laugh, v. i. ]

 

Defn: A movement (usually involuntary ) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, v. i. The act of laughter, which is a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves. Sir T.Browne. Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with laughter. Longfellow.

 

LAUGHTERLESS

LAUGHTERLESS Laugh "ter *less, a.

 

Defn: Not laughing; without laughter.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

laughter

laugh ter |ˈlaftər ˈlæftər | ▶noun the action or sound of laughing: he roared with laughter. ORIGIN Old English hleahtor, of Germanic origin; related to German Gelächter, also to laugh .

 

Oxford Dictionary

laughter

laugh |ter |ˈlɑːftə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or sound of laughing: he roared with laughter. ORIGIN Old English hleahtor, of Germanic origin; related to German Gelächter, also to laugh .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

laughter

laughter noun the sound of laughter: laughing, chuckling, chortling, guffawing, giggling, tittering, twittering, cackling, sniggering; informal hysterics.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

laughter

laughter noun 1 the sound of conversation and laughter: laughing, chuckling, chortling, guffawing, giggling, tittering, sniggering, howling, convulsions, fits; informal hysterics, hooting; rare cachinnation. 2 a source of laughter: amusement, entertainment, humour, mirth, merriment, gaiety, hilarity, glee, jollity, jocularity, fun, enjoyment, pleasure, delight, joy, festivity, light-heartedness, blitheness. ANTONYMS despair, gloom, misery.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

laughter

laugh ter /lǽftə r |lɑ́ːf -/ (! -gh-は /f /) →laugh 名詞 U 1 笑い ; 笑い声 ; 〖ト書きで 〗笑い (!(1 )laughと違って ╳a ～としない. (2 )laughより連続的な笑いで, 笑い声に重点がある ) ▸ roar with laughter どっと笑う ▸ burst [break ] into laughter わっと笑い出す ▸ in fits of laughter 爆笑して ▸ dissolve into laughter 抑えきれずに笑い出す ▸ Laughter is the best medicine .｟ことわざ ｠笑いは最良の薬 2 (笑っている時感じる )おかしさ , 楽しさ .3 笑い顔, 喜びの表情 .～́ l ì nes ｟英 ｠＝laugh lines .