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Definition: Laugh |
LaughNoun1. The sound of laughing. 2. A facial expression characteristic of a person laughing; "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision". 3. A humorous anecdote or remark. Verb1. Produce laughter. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "laugh" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | A peculiar contortion of the human countenance, voluntary or involuntary, super-induced by a concatenation of external circumstances, seen or heard, of a ridiculous, ludicrous, jocose, mirthful, funny, facetious or fanciful nature and accompanied by a cac. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Multilingual Slang | Alemannic (mach malach). (references) |
Slang in 1811 | LAUGH. To laugh on the wrong side of the mouth; to cry. I'll make him laugh on the wrong (or t'other) side of his mouth. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Laughter is the biological reaction of humans to moments or occasions of humor: an outward expression of amusement. Laughter is subcategorised into various groupings depending upon the extent and pitch of the laughter: giggles, chortles, chuckles, hoots, cackles, sniggers and guffaws are all types of laughter. Smiling is a mild silent form of laughing. Some studies indicate that laughter differs depending upon the gender of the laughing person: women tend to laugh in a more "sing-song" way, while men more often grunt or snort. Babies start to laugh at about 4 months of age. Philosopher John Morreall theorises that human laughter may have its biological origins as a kind of shared expression of relief at the passing of danger. The relaxation of tension we feel after laughing may help inhibit the fight-or-flight response, making laughter a behavioral sign of trust in one's companions.
Laughter is a part of human behavior regulated by the brain. It helps humans clarify their intentions in social interaction and provides an emotional context to our conversations. Laughter is used as a signal for being part of a group -it signals acceptance and positive interactions.
On the other hand laughing at somebody is ridiculing him or her.
Certain medical theories attribute improved health and well-being to laughter, because laughter triggers the release of endorphins. A study demonstrated neuroendocrine and stress-related hormones decreased during episodes of laughter, which provides support for the claim that humor can relieve stress.
Research has shown that parts of the limbic system are involved in laughter. The limbic system is a primitive part of the brain that is involved in emotions and helps us with basic functions necessary for survival. Two structures in the limbic system are involved in producing laughter: the amygdala and the hippocampus.
Researchers frequently learn about how the brain functions by studying what happens when something goes wrong. People with certain types of brain damage produce abnormal laughter. This is found most often in people with pseudobulbar palsy, gelastic epilepsy, and to a lesser degree, with multiple sclerosis, ALS, and some brain tumors.
In most people, laughter can be induced by tickling, a phenomenon in itself. Laughing gas is sometimes used as a painkiller.
The December 7, 1984 Journal of the American Medical Association describes the neurological causes of laughter as follow:
Laughter is not confined to humans. Chimpanzees show laughter-like behavior in response to physical contact, such as wrestling, chasing, or tickling, and rat pups emit short, high frequency, ultrasonic vocalizations during rough and tumble play, and when tickled. Rat pups "laugh" far more than older rats.
- "Although there is no known `laugh center' in the brain, its neural mechanism has been the subject of much, albeit inconclusive, speculation. It is evident that its expression depends on neural paths arising in close association with the telencephalic and diencephalic centers concerned with respiration. Wilson considered the mechanism to be in the region of the mesial thalamus, hypothalamus, and subthalamus. Kelly and co-workers, in turn, postulated that the tegmentum near the periaqueductal gray contains the integrating mechanism for emotional expression. Thus, supranuclear pathways, including those from the limbic system that Papez hypothesized to mediate emotional expressions such as laughter, probably come into synaptic relation in the reticular core of the brain stem. So while purely emotional responses such as laughter are mediated by subcortical structures, especially the hypothalamus, and are stereotyped, the cerebral cortex can modulate or suppress them."
See also: tickling, comedy, humour, joke, satire
Other References
- Goel, V. & Dolan, R. J. The functional anatomy of humor: segregating cognitive and affective components. Nature Neuroscience 4, 237 - 238 (2001).
- Bachorowski, J.-A., Smoski, M.J., & Owren, M.J. The acoustic features of human laughter. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 110 (1581) 2001
- Fried, I., Wilson, C.L., MacDonald, K.A., and Behnke EJ. Electric current stimulates laughter. Nature, 391:650, 1998.
External Links
- Humour therapy for cancer patients
- Advantages in Smiling
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Laughter."
Synonyms: LaughSynonyms: gag (n), jape (n), jest (n), joke (n), laughter (n), wheeze (n), yak (n), express joy (v), express mirth (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: cry (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Smile, simper, smirk; grin, grin like a Cheshire cat; mock, laugh in one's sleeve; laugh, laugh outright; giggle, titter, crow, snicker, chuckle, cackle; burst out, burst into a fit of laughter; shout, split, roar. |
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Screenplays | Jeez you don't have to laugh at me. (American Pie; writing credit: Adam Herz) There's nothing like a love song to give you a good laugh. (Notorious; writing credit: Ben Hecht) Laugh all you want, but at least the stage is a dignified profession (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green) You ever try to not to laugh in church when something funny gets stuck in your head (The Green Mile; writing credit: Frank Darabont) One of these days you're going to laugh yourselves to death (Who Framed Roger Rabbit; writing credit: Gary K. Wolf; Jeffrey Price) | |
Lyrics | Laugh out, when you strike your pose (Complicated; performing artist: Avril Lavigne) And laugh and joke about me on the phone ("Achy Breaky Heart"; performing artist: Billy Ray Cyrus) Make her laugh just like Jim Carrey (Hey Leonardo (She likes me for me); performing artist: Blessid Union Of Souls) You used to laugh about (Like a Rolling Stone; performing artist: Bob Dylan) We laugh just a little too loud (Something To Talk About; performing artist: Bonnie Raitt) | |
Clever | An optimist laughs to forget, a pessimist forgets to laugh. (references; author: unknown) Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others. (references; author: unknown) If you can't laugh at yourself, you may be missing the joke of the century. (references; author: unknown) Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, they will never cease to be amused. (references; author: unknown) If we'd confess our sins to one another, we'd all laugh at the lack of originality. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | We Have Ways of Making You Laugh (1968) Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960) Laugh Line (1959) Make Me Laugh (1958) | |
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 | Former "Good Morning America" host David Hartman, left, retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, center, and retired Maj. Gen. Joe Engle shared a laugh while they discussed their role in aviation history, recently at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Phot. |  | Would you not laugh to see these frightful heads. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | ...They cry, who want it; having it they laugh. / [John Collier] Thos. Sanders sculp. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Tells patients at the U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, California, to "get a laugh out of life", as he addressed them informally during a visit in June 1943. The Secretary gave special praise to the men in the audience who had fought on Guadalcanal. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Uncle Sam don't know whether to get mad or to laugh. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | We offer you a full partnership : it is to laugh!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Don't laugh, fellers! those Senatorial sleeping powders are terrific!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Trying to make the baby laugh!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | President Ronald Reagan and Donald Regan, full-length portrait, walking and sharing a laugh outdoors, in Geneva, Switzerland, during the summit meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter laugh during interview after a court order struck down their suspension from the University of Georgia "for their own safety". Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "In the lens of Olympus Trip" by Henrik Tibbing Commentary: "A pic I took with.. uh dont laugh now.. :) ..my webcam.. but i liked it and I decided to upload it and here it is hehe." | "Got Milk?" by Bobbie Osborne Commentary: "I don't know why I have been wanting to do a cow phto shoot. Where I live their is an agricultural farm just down the road that is run by the SIU (Southern Illinois University) Well it's actually about a mile away (far enough away that I don't smell it)" |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Goofy, fake clown laugh. | | Wicked laugh. |
| Echoing laugh of a baby. | | Goofy laugh. |
| Echoing laugh of a crazy man. | | Goofy laugh. |
| Brief, breathy female laugh. | | Snickering laugh. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Abraham Lincoln | I laugh because I must not cry. |
Benedict Spinoza | Do not laugh, do not weep, try to understand. |
Charles Reade | Make em laugh; make em cry; make em wait. |
Johann Kaspar Lavater | Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him. |
Oliver Goldsmith | The loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. |
Sir Thomas Browne | That unextinguishable laugh in heaven. |
William Makepeace Thackeray | A good laugh is sunshine in a house. |
William Shakespeare | They laugh that win. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Emma recollected, blushed, was sorry, but tried to laugh it off. |
Sea Dirge | Carroll, Lewis | I try the rocks, and I think it cool That they laugh with such an excess of glee, As I heavily slip into every pool That skirts the cold cold Sea. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | It was their turn to laugh now at the notion of his shaking Scrooge |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | Equatorial! He gave a hollow laugh. "What does it matter |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Not seldom, she would laugh anew, and louder than before, like a thing incapable and unintelligent of human sorrow |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | When she passed the factory at the hours in which the labourers were at the door, she forced herself to laugh and sing |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Stephen tried to laugh with them |
Time Enough for Love | Robert Heinlein | One man's theology is another man's belly laugh. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Would make you laugh. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | They may occasionally grimace, cry, or laugh. (references) | |
If the muscles that keep your bladder closed are weak, you may have accidents when you sneeze, laugh, or lift a heavy object. (references) | ||
Patients may suddenly laugh or cry for no apparent reason, they may be apathetic, or they may have occasional angry outbursts, also for no apparent reason. (references) | ||
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From elephants to bats and snails, They all were good, for all were males. But when the Devil came and saw He said: "By Thine eternal law Of growth, maturity, decay, These all must quickly pass away And leave untenanted the earth Unless Thou dost establish birth" -- Then tucked his head beneath his wing To laugh -- he had no sleeve -- the thing With deviltry did so accord, That he'd suggested to the Lord. The Master pondered this advice, Then shook and threw the fateful dice Wherewith all matters here below Are ordered, and observed the throw; Then bent His head in awful state, Confirming the decree of Fate. From every part of earth anew The conscious dust consenting flew, While rivers from their courses rolled To make it plastic for the mould. Enough collected (but no more, For niggard Nature hoards her store) He kneaded it to flexible clay, While Nick unseen threw some away. And then the various forms He cast, Gross organs first and finer last; No one at once evolved, but all By even touches grew and small Degrees advanced, till, shade by shade, To match all living things He'd made Females, complete in all their parts Except (His clay gave out) the hearts. "No matter," Satan cried; "with speed I'll fetch the very hearts they need" -- So flew away and soon brought back The number needed, in a sack. That night earth range with sounds of strife -- Ten million males each had a wife; That night sweet Peace her pinions spread O'er Hell -- ten million devils dead! G.J. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dick Van Dyke | We used to break up laughing. We had a terrible time the first year, looking at each other on set and starting to laugh. And a psychologist told me that's a sign of an attraction. |
Jack Lemmon | It's true. And there's nothing worse than waiting and timing and you wait and it looks like a bad cut on the film because the laugh has stopped and you're waiting. You can't do it. |
Joan Rivers | Two men I have love working with were Don Rickles and David Brenner. They make you laugh and they are gentlemen. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Let us learn together and laugh together and work together and pray together, confident that in the end we will triumph together in the right. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We can laugh about this, but you think about it. |
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| "Laugh" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 45.72% of the time. "Laugh" is used about 3,489 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 45.72% | 1,595 | 5,192 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 43.34% | 1,512 | 5,393 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 10.85% | 379 | 14,472 |
| Noun (common) | 0.06% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,489 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "laugh": begin to laugh ♦ belly laugh ♦ break into a laugh ♦ force a laugh ♦ give a laugh ♦ give a loud laugh ♦ have a good laugh about ♦ have a good laugh over ♦ have the laugh of smb. ♦ hearty laugh ♦ horse laugh ♦ it is nothing to laugh at ♦ it's nothing to laugh about bout ♦ just for laugh ♦ laugh at ♦ laugh at smb. ♦ laugh away ♦ laugh down ♦ laugh down a proposal ♦ laugh in one's sleeve ♦ laugh in smb.'s face ♦ laugh like a drain ♦ laugh line ♦ laugh loudly ♦ laugh off ♦ laugh off an embarrassing situation ♦ laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth ♦ laugh one's head off ♦ laugh oneself sick ♦ laugh oneself silly ♦ laugh out ♦ laugh over ♦ laugh over a story ♦ laugh scornfully ♦ laugh smb. out of ♦ laugh smb.'s head off ♦ laugh softly ♦ laugh to scorn ♦ laugh up one sleeve ♦ laugh up one's sleeve ♦ laugh up smb.'s sleeve ♦ make laugh ♦ make smb. laugh ♦ make someone laugh ♦ raise a laugh ♦ ringing laugh ♦ sardonic laugh ♦ sneering laugh ♦ To laugh at ♦ To laugh away ♦ To laugh down ♦ To laugh in the sleeve ♦ To laugh one out of ♦ To laugh out ♦ To laugh out of the other corner ♦ to laugh out of the other corner of the mouth ♦ to laugh out of the other side of the mouth ♦ To laugh to scorn ♦ to laugh up one's sleeve. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "laugh": laugh-a-minute, laugh-a-second, laugh-behind-your-hands, laugh-hole, laugh-in, laugh-lines, laugh-on. | |
Ending with "laugh": half-laugh. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
laugh | 681 | laugh unlimited | 23 |
just for laugh | 236 | laugh track | 22 |
laugh in | 231 | club laugh | 19 |
got laugh | 199 | joke laugh | 19 |
laugh factory | 197 | houston laugh stop | 18 |
don t laugh at me | 79 | laugh wav | 18 |
rowan martins laugh in | 74 | evil laugh | 18 |
make me laugh | 71 | super laugh | 17 |
just for laugh festival | 56 | live well laugh often love much | 16 |
festival just laugh montreal | 52 | funny laugh | 15 |
laugh out loud | 52 | it laugh library up | 15 |
laugh your ass off | 49 | lots of laugh | 14 |
just laugh montreal | 47 | laugh of the day | 14 |
cry later laugh now tattoo | 35 | make people laugh | 13 |
cry later laugh now | 34 | don laugh lyrics t | 13 |
dont laugh at me | 32 | live laugh love | 13 |
com got laugh | 32 | dvd in laugh | 13 |
laugh stop | 28 | house laugh | 13 |
guaranteed laugh | 26 | laugh sound | 12 |
last laugh | 26 | laugh line | 11 |
in laugh martin rowan | 11 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "laugh"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | lag. (various references) | |
Albanian | them duke qeshur, qeshje (laughing, laughter), qesh (banter, mock), e qeshur (laughter). (various references) | |
Arabic | ضحك (chortle, comicality, giggle, laugh off, laughter, move, raise, rib, scream, set off, tickle). (various references) | |
Aymara | laruña (to laugh). (various references) | |
Basque | barre egin (laugh to). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | ikkahsi'taki (to laugh). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | смях (amusement, laughter, mirth, yak), смея се (be amused, ha-ha, laugh at), насмешка (mock, mockery, quiz, scorn), присмех (derision, fling, hoot, jeer, mockery, ridicule, rub, scoff, scorn, taunt). (various references) | |
Chinese | 笑 (smile). (various references) | |
Czech | smát se (grin). (various references) | |
Danish | le (scythe). (various references) | |
Dutch | lachen. (various references) | |
Esperanto | rido, ridi. (various references) | |
Faeroese | læa, flenna. (various references) | |
Farsi | صدای خنده , خندیدن (Chortle), خنده (Laughter), خندان بودن . (various references) | |
Finnish | nauraa (giggle). (various references) | |
French | rire (laughter). (various references) | |
Frisian | laitsje, laits. (various references) | |
German | lachen (cackle, cackling, laughing, laughter), lache (laughter, pool, puddle). (various references) | |
Greek | γελώ (cackle, hoax). (various references) | |
Hebrew | להצטחק (smile), לצחוק (deride, jeer, jest, mock), לצחק (amuse oneself, jest), צחוק (fun, jest, laughter, merriment, mockery, sport). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nevetés (laughing, laughter, titter), kacagás (laughter, titter). (various references) | |
Icelandic | hlæja. (various references) | |
Indonesian | tertawa, gelak (laughter). (various references) | |
Irish | gáir (shout, shout; laugh). (various references) | |
Italian | ridere (laughter), riso (laughing, laughter, mirth, rice). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 笑い (laughter, smile). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | わらい (laughter, smile). (various references) | |
Korean | 웃음 (Giggle, grin, GRINS, LAUGHTER). (various references) | |
Manx | gearey (laughter), garaghtee (laughing, laughter). (various references) | |
Norwegian | le (lee). (various references) | |
Occitan | rire. (various references) | |
Papiamen | hari, harí. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aughlay.(various references) | |
Polish | śmiać się. (various references) | |
Portuguese | riso (ha, laughter), rir (burst into laughter). (various references) | |
Romanian | spune râzând, ridiculiza (banter, burlesque, guy, mock, ridicule, roast, stultify), râs (laughing, laughter, lynx, mirth), râde (jeer). (various references) | |
Romansch | rir (to laugh). (various references) | |
Romany | asàv (to laugh). (various references) | |
Russian | смеяться смех, смеяться (ha, laughed), смех (ha, laughter). (various references) | |
Scottish | gàir (a shout, din, outcry, shout). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | smejati se, smejanje, smeh (laughter, loud). (various references) | |
Sicilian | ridiri (to laugh). (various references) | |
Spanish | reír, reir (chortle, laughter). (various references) | |
Sranan | lafu. (various references) | |
Swazi | kú-hleka (to laugh). (various references) | |
Swedish | skratta, skratt (laughing, laughter). (various references) | |
Tagalog | tumáwa, táwa. (various references) | |
Thai | เสียงหัวเราะ (laughter), ทำให้หัวเราะ, หัวเราะ (bobbie hat and scarf, tin bath). (various references) | |
Turkish | sevinmek (be glad, be happy, crow, glory, rejoice), saçma (absurd, applesauce, balls, baloney, blind, boloney, bunk, bunkum, chimerical, claptrap, cockeyed, dissemination, eradiation, fantastic, fantastical, farcical, fatuous, fiddle, fiddle-de-dee, fiddlesticks, foolish, for the birds, froth, frothy, fudge, go on, hog-wash, hooey, impertinent, inane, incongruous, inept, irrational, jabber wocky, kibosh, malarkey, nonsense, nonsensical, outlandish, paltry, pointless, poppycock, raving, rhubarb, rot, scattering, senseless, shot, shucks, skittles, small shot, smearcase, sorry, spinach, stuff, tommyrot, tosh, trash, trifling, tripe, trivial, trumpery, unreasonable, wacky, waffle, whacky), komik (amusing, burlesque, comedian, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, funnyman, gilbertian, humorous, jesting, jocose, laughable, laughing, ludicrous, quizzical, rich, ridiculous, risible, rum, rummy), kahkaha (cackle, guffaw, Haw-haw, heehaw, laughter), gülmek (laugh at, smile, smile on, sneer), gülme (laughing, laughter, mirth, risible), gülerek neden olmak, gülüş (laughter, smile). (various references) | |
Turkmen | jykyrdamak, jakyrdamak, hykyrdy (chuckle, giggle), gьlmek. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сміятися, сміх (laughter), розсміятися (burst out laughing), регіт (cackle, laughter, roar, yak). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tiếng cười. (various references) | |
Welsh | chwerthin (laughter). (various references) | |
Yucatec | che'eh. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | rideam, rideat, ridebam, ridebis, ridebit, ridebo, ridebunt, ridendi, rideo risi risum, ridetis, risi, risit, risu, risum, risus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | hliehhan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 26 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Toigaroun kagw th umetera apwleia epigelasomai katacaroumai de hnika an erchtai umin oleqroV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo et subsannabo cum vobis quod timebatis advenerit |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | I forsothe in youre deth shal lawyhe; and vndermouwe you, whan to you that, that yee dredden, shal come. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear; |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 26 |
| Cebuano | Ako usab mokatawa sa adlaw sa inyong pagkaalaut; Ako magatamay sa diha nga moabut ang inyong kahadlok; |
| Chinese | 你 們 遭 災 難 、 我 就 發 笑 ． 驚 恐 臨 到 你 們 、 我 必 嗤 笑 ． |
| Croatian | zato æu se i ja smijati vašoj propasti, rugat æu se kad vas obuzme tjeskoba: |
| Danish | derfor ler jeg ved eders Ulykke, spotter, når det, I frygter, kommer, |
| Dutch | Zo zal Ik ook in ulieder verderf lachen; Ik zal spotten, wanneer uw vreze komt. |
| Finnish | niin minäkin nauran teidän hädällenne, pilkkaan, kun tulee se, mitä te kauhistutte; |
| French | Moi aussi, je rirai quand vous serez dans le malheur, Je me moquerai quand la terreur vous saisira, |
| German | so will ich auch lachen in eurem Unglück und eurer spotten, wenn da kommt, was ihr fürchtet, |
| Haitian Creole | Konsa, lè n'a nan ka, m'a ri nou. Lè malè va fè nou tranble, m'a pase nou nan rizib. |
| Hungarian | Én is a ti nyomorúságtokon nevetek, megcsúfollak, mikor eljõ az, a mitõl féltek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Karena itu, kalau kamu celaka, aku akan menertawakan kamu. Apabila kamu ketakutan, aku akan mengejek kamu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | maka akupun akan tertawakan balamu kelak serta mengolok-olok akan kamu apabila ketakutan datang atas kamu. |
| Korean | 도 리 어 나 의 모 든 교 훈 을 멸 시 하 며 나 의 책 망 을 받 지 아 니 하 였 은 즉 |
| Maori | Mo reira ka kata ahau i te ra o to koutou aitua; ka tawai ina pa te pawera ki a koutou. |
| Norwegian | så vil også jeg le når ulykken rammer eder, jeg vil spotte når det kommer som I reddes for, |
| Portuguese | também eu me rirei no dia da vossa calamidade; zombarei, quando sobrevier o vosso terror, |
| Rumanian | de aceea wi eu, voi rkde cknd veyi fi kn vreo nenorocire, kmi voi bate joc de voi cknd vq va apuca groaza, |
| Russian | ъБ ФП Й С РПУНЕАУШ ЧБЫЕК РПЗЙВЕМЙ; РПТБДХАУШ, ЛПЗДБ РТЙДЕФ ОБ ЧБУ ХЦБУ; |
| Spanish | yo también me reiré en vuestra calamidad. Me burlaré cuando os llegue lo que teméis, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "laugh": laughable, laughableness, laughablenesses, laughably, laughed, laugher, laughers, laughing, laughingly, laughings, laughingstock, laughingstocks, laughs, laughter, laughters. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "laugh": horselaugh, outlaugh, overslaugh. (additional references) | |
Words containing "laugh": claught, claughted, claughting, claughts, horselaughs, manslaughter, manslaughters, onslaught, onslaughts, outlaughed, outlaughing, outlaughs, overslaughed, overslaughing, overslaughs, preslaughter, slaughter, slaughtered, slaughterer, slaughterers, slaughterhouse, slaughterhouses, slaughtering, slaughterous, slaughterously, slaughters. (additional references) | |
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"Laugh" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aaaagh, aagghh, Aaughh, aggghh, aluh, augh, Bleugh, Glough, laff, lagh, laghe, laghu, lagu, laigh, Laogh, lauch, lauf, laug, lauge, laught, laughy, laugth, laung, lauph, leuga, leuge, Ljungh, Loughry, louh, luah, lubh, lugh, luoghi, plaugh, slaugh, sluagh. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "laugh" (pronounced la"f) |
| 2 | -a" f | behalf, calf, chaff, gaff, gaffe, giraffe, graph, half, Raff, staff. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-h-l-u" | |
-1 letter: haul, hula. | |
-2 letters: gal, gul, hag, hug, lag, lug, ugh. | |
-3 letters: ag, ah, al, ha, la, uh. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-h-l-u" | |
+1 letter: hangul, laughs. | |
+2 letters: burghal, claught, galumph, goulash, haulage, hauling, laughed, laugher, nilghau, nylghau. | |
+3 letters: aguishly, although, chugalug, claughts, flashgun, galumphs, gauchely, ghastful, haulages, huggable, languish, laughers, laughing, laughter, nilghaus, nylghaus, outlaugh, shauling, shogunal. | |
+4 letters: changeful, chugalugs, claughted, flashguns, galumphed, goalmouth, goulashes, guildhall, haughtily, hourglass, hulloaing, laughable, laughably, laughings, laughters, launching, naughtily, onslaught, outlaughs, slaughter, ultrahigh, unlashing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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