Laughter

Definitions: Laughter

Laughter

Noun

1. The sound of laughing.

2. The act of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth of scorn; "he enjoyed the laughter of the crowd".

Date "laughter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Laughter

Domain	Definitions
Satire	LAUGHTER, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable. Liability to attacks of laughter is one of the characteristics distinguishing man from the animals -- these being not only inaccessible to the provocation of his example, but impregnable to the microbes having original jurisdiction in bestowal of the disease. Whether laughter could be imparted to animals by inoculation from the human patient is a question that has not been answered by experimentation. Dr. Meir Witchell holds that the infection character of laughter is due to the instantaneous fermentation of sputa diffused in a spray. From this peculiarity he names the disorder Convulsio spargens. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Literature	Laughter We are told that Jupiter, after his birth, laughed incessantly for seven days. Calchas, the Homeric soothsayer, died of laughter. The tale is that a fellow in rags told him he would never drink of the grapes growing in his vineyard, and added, if his words did not come true he would be the soothsayer's slave. When the wine was made, Calchas, at a great feast, sent for the fellow, and laughed so incessantly at the non-fulfilment of the prophecy that he died. (E. Bulwer Lytton: Tales of Miletus, iv.) (See Ancaeus and Death From Strange Causes.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Laughter

(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:

"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."

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.

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.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Laughter."

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Synonym: Laughter

Synonym: laugh (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Laughter

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Amusement	Verb: amuse, entertain, divert, enliven; tickle the fancy; titillate, raise a smile, put in good humor; cause laughter, create laughter, occasion laughter, raise laughter, excite laughter, produce laughter, convulse with laughter; set the table in a roar, be the death of one.
	Smile, simper, smirk; grin, grin like a Cheshire cat; mock, laugh in one's sleeve; laugh, laugh outright; giggle, titter, snigger, crow, snicker, chuckle, cackle; burst out, burst into a fit of laughter; shout, split, roar.
	Shake one's sides, split one's sides, hold both one's sides; roar with laughter, die with laughter.
	Fun, frolic, merriment, jollity; joviality, jovialness; heyday; laughter; jocosity, jocoseness; drollery, buffoonery, tomfoolery; mummery, pleasantry; wit; quip, quirk.
	Amused; Verb: "pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw"; laughing; Verb:; risible; ready to burst, ready to split, ready to die with laughter; convulsed with laughter, rolling in the aisles.
	Giggle, titter, snigger, snicker, crow, cheer, chuckle, shout; horse laugh, belly laugh, hearty laugh; guffaw; burst of laughter, fit of laughter, shout of laughter, roar of laughter, peal of laughter; cachinnation; Kentish fire; tiger.
Cheerfulness	Mirth, merriment, hilarity, exhilaration; laughter; merrymaking; (amusement); heyday, rejoicing; marriage bell.
Dejection	Refrain from laughter, keep one's countenance; be grave, look grave; Adjective: repress a smile.
Rejoicing	Laughter (amusement).
	Laugh, raise laughter; (amuse).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Laughter

English words defined with "laughter": Abderian, amusing ♦ belly laugh, blackguard ♦ cachinnation, Cachinnatory, clean, clear, comic, comical, convulse ♦ derision, die down, double, double over, double up ♦ express joy, express mirth ♦ For ever and a day, funny ♦ Gelastic, Geloscopy, guffaw, guy ♦ hebephrenic, hilarious, humor, humour ♦ jest at ♦ laugh, laugh at, laughable, laughably, laughingly, Laughsome, Laughterless, light, ludicrously ♦ make fun, mirthful ♦ playing, poke fun, preposterously ♦ rib, ridicule, ridiculously, Ripply, risible, Risorial ♦ sardonic, Sardonic grin, schizophrenic, screaming, sorrowful ♦ thoriated, tickle, tickling, tingling, titillate, titillating, tittering, To laugh at, To laugh away, To laugh down, To laugh one out of ♦ unclouded, Unlaugh, uproarious ♦ vocal ♦ wit, witticism, wittiness, wry. (references)

Specialty definitions using "laughter": Abderitan Laughter ♦ Benedictines ♦ Cap and Bells ♦ Death from Strange Causes ♦ Fountain of Death ♦ Gentle Shepherd ♦ Laughing ♦ Margutte ♦ Poor Tassel ♦ Reading ♦ Sardonic Smile, Grin, or Laughter, scrap ♦ WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH. (references)

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Modern Usage: Laughter

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Suspense, laughter, violence. (The Player; writing credit: Michael Tolkin) Laughter is a devilish whim which deforms, uh, the lineaments of the face and makes men look like monkeys. (Name der Rose, Der; writing credit: Andrew Birkin; Gérard Brach) (laughter from officers) Now these kids didn't come down here to break the law. They'll break it for sure, but that's not their main objective. (Where the Boys Are; writing credit: Glendon Swarthout; George Wells) Sometimes when a patient says something so competely naive, I find that my own laughter just isn't enough. (Ally McBeal; writing credit: Henri Vernes) They filled the house with laughter and sin, laughter and sin. And if I ever went down among them, my own father and brothers - they would tell me to go away and pray, and I prayed - and left them with their lustful red and white women. (The Old Dark House; writing credit: J.B. Priestley; Benn W. Levy)
Lyrics	So it's the laughter we will remember ("The Way We Were"; performing artist: Barbra Streisand) So bring your good times, and your laughter too ("Celebration"; performing artist: Kool & The Gang) And the forests will echo with laughter. ("Stairway to Heaven"; performing artist: Led Zeppelin)
Clever	Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. (references; author: Mark Twain) I can still hear the song of your laughter. (references; author: unknown) Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of the heart. (references; author: unknown) It is bad to suppress laughter; it goes back down and spreads to your hips. (references; author: unknown) Friendship: A building contract you sign with laughter and break with tears. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	World of Laughter (1974) Laughter in the Rosary (1973) Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter (1972) Laughter in the Dark (1969) Present Laughter (1968)
Song Titles	LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN (performing artist: Neil Sedaka )
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Commercial Usage: Laughter

Domain	Title
Books	Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul: 101 Stories of Courage, Hope and Laughter (reference) I Love Lucy: The Official 50th Anniversary Edition, Celebrating 50 Years of Love and Laughter (reference) The Laughter of God (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Red Skelton - King of Laughter (reference) Benny Hill - Golden Laughter Box Set Volume 1 (reference) Laughter : The Light Solution for Stress (reference) The Gift of Laughter (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Laughter in the Rain: The Best of Neil Sedaka, 1974-1980 (reference) Love Laughter & Truth (reference) So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Image Slideshow: Laughter

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Photo Album: Laughter

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Hearty laughter by both men.Credit: Library of Congress.		Uncontrolled laughter.Credit: Library of Congress.
	There was a dead silence broken only by chuckling laughter.Credit: Library of Congress.		Dark laughter. "The teacher says that everyone can git to be president. Then how come the whole class.Credit: Library of Congress.
	The shoemaker the comedy drama : a play full of tears and laughter.Credit: Library of Congress.		Hoyt's A midnight bell laughter every minute.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Hoyt's A midnight bell laughter every minute.Credit: Library of Congress.		Hoyt's A midnight bell laughter every minute.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Familiar Quotations: Laughter

Author	Quotation
Aeschylus	Myriad laughter of the ocean waves.
Doris Lessing	Laughter is by definition healthy.
Elbert Hubbard	Laughter is higher than all pain.
Friedrich Nietzsche	Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.
Graffiti	Laughter translates into any language.
Homer	Uncontrollable laughter arose among the blessed gods.
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne	The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.
Oliver Goldsmith	The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.
Victor Borge	Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Laughter

Author	Date	Quotation
Communist Manifesto	1848	But the people, so often as it joined them, saw on their hindquarters the old feudal coats of arms, and deserted with loud and irreverent laughter. (reference)
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Use in Literature: Laughter

Title	Author	Quote
Alice in Wonderland	Carroll, Lewis	Alice gave a little scream of laughter.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Its laughter is the mouth of a volcano that bespatters the whole earth.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	Mr Casey was still struggling through his fit of coughing and laughter.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	They ran to the willows, and once concealed, they shrieked with laughter.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	And, to confess the truth, my breeches were at that time in so ill a condition, that they afforded some opportunities for laughter and admiration.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	It is only the serious eye peering from and the sincere life passed within it which restrain laughter and consecrate the costume of any people.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Laughter

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Attacks may be triggered by sudden emotional reactions such as laughter, anger, or fear and may last from a few seconds to several minutes. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	SCRAP-:BOOK:, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read about themselves or employ others to collect. One of these egotists was addressed in the lines following, by Agamemnon Melancthon Peters: Dear Frank, that scrap-book where you boast You keep a record true Of every kind of peppered roast That's made of you; Wherein you paste the printed gibes That revel round your name, Thinking the laughter of the scribes Attests your fame; Where all the pictures you arrange That comic pencils trace -- Your funny figure and your strange Semitic face -- Pray lend it me. Wit I have not, Nor art, but there I'll list The daily drubbings you'd have got Had God a fist.
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Spoken Usage: Laughter

Speaker	Phrase(s)
William Shatner	I'm consumed, maybe, with the idea of death, the fear and the mystery of it. Much of the work I'm doing now involves the mystery of death, but I'm trying to do it from a comedic point of view. So laughter and grief are two sides of the same coin.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Laughter

"Laughter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.95% of the time. "Laughter" is used about 2,148 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)	99.95%	2,147	4,064
Noun (proper)	0.05%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	2,148	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Laughter

The following table summarizes the usage of "laughter" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Laughter	Last name	1,000	13,733
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Laughter

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "laughter".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Isak	N/A	Swedish	Laughter
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: Laughter

Expressions using "laughter": be convulsed with laughter ♦ break into laughter ♦ burst into laughter ♦ burst of laughter ♦ burst with laughter ♦ convulsed with laughter ♦ derisive laughter ♦ die with laughter ♦ discharge oneself in laughter ♦ epic laughter ♦ explode with laughter ♦ fit of laughter ♦ fold up with laughter ♦ gale of laughter ♦ homeric laughter ♦ hoots of laughter ♦ howl with laughter ♦ laughter amusement ♦ outburst of laughter ♦ peal of laughter ♦ peals of laughter ♦ raise laughter ♦ raucous laughter ♦ ripple of laughter ♦ roar of laughter ♦ roar with laughter ♦ roars of laughter ♦ salvo of laughter ♦ scream with laughter ♦ screams of laughter ♦ shake one's side with laughter ♦ shake one's sides with laughter ♦ shake with laughter ♦ shout of laughter ♦ shout with laughter ♦ shouts of laughter ♦ shriek with laughter ♦ shrieks of laughter ♦ split one's sides with laughter ♦ yell with laughter. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "laughter": laughter-filled, laughter-freezingly, laughter-line, laughter-lined, laughter-lines, laughter-maker, laughter-stimulation, laughter-wise.
	Ending with "laughter": into-laughter.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Laughter

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
laughter	413
digital laughter	54
laughter quote	50
net laughter	48
laughter the best medicine	30
laughter therapy	19
health laughter	13
laughter poem	12
holy laughter	10
laughter on the 23rd floor	9
club laughter	8
present laughter	7
laughter and joke	7
benefit laughter	7
comedy laughter	7
laughter in the rain	7
healing laughter	6
laughter medicine	6
laughter quotation	6
sound of laughter	6
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Modern Translations: Laughter

Language		Translations for "laughter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		të qeshura (hilarity, mirth), qeshje (laugh, laughing), e qeshur (laugh). (various references)

Arabic		‏سخرية (burlesque, derision, fling, gibe, humor, humour, irony, jeer, lampoon, mockery, persiflage, quip, ridicule, rub, sarcasm, scoff, scorn, shy, snap, sneer, spoof, taunt, tee-hee, tehee, twit, wit), ‏ضحك (chortle, comicality, giggle, laugh, laugh off, move, raise, rib, scream, set off, tickle). (various references)

Bulgarian		смях (amusement, laugh, mirth, yak). (various references)

Catalan		riure. (various references)

Chinese		笑聲 , 笑声, �"� (a Pekinese, a pug, yawn). (various references)

Czech		smích (laugh, mirth), chechot. (various references)

Danish		latter. (various references)

Dutch		lachbui, hilariteit, gelach. (various references)

Esperanto		ridado. (various references)

Farsi		قاه قاه خنده (Heehaw, Horselaugh), صدای خنده بلند, خنده (Laugh). (various references)

Finnish		nauru (laugh, Nauru, Republic of Nauru). (various references)

French		rire (laugh), méprise, dérision. (various references)

Frisian		laitsjen, gelaits, gelaak. (various references)

German		Gelächter (guffaw, hilarity, joke, merriment), lachen (cackle, cackling, laugh, laughing). (various references)

Greek		γέλιο (laugh, laughing). (various references)

Hebrew		שחוק (crushed, derision, ground, mockery, pounded, ragged, tacky, tattered, worn), צחוק (fun, jest, laugh, merriment, mockery, sport). (various references)

Hungarian		nevetés (laugh, laughing, titter), kacagás (laugh, titter), hahota (roars of laughter). (various references)

Indonesian		gelak tawa (peal), gelak (laugh). (various references)

Italian		risata (laugh, laughing), risa. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		笑声 (a laugh), 笑い声 , 笑い (laugh, smile). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しょうせい (a laugh, a minor success, bead or front sight of a firearm, calling together, commander, ego, firing, invitation, sound of a bell), わらい�"え, わらい (laugh, smile). (various references)

Korean		웃음 (Giggle, grin, GRINS, laugh). (various references)

Manx		gearey (laugh), garaghtee (laugh, laughing), arraght (apparition, spectre). (various references)

Norwegian		latter (laugh). (various references)

Papiamen		harimentu, harimento. (various references)

Pig Latin		aughterlay

Portuguese		riso (ha, laugh, launch). (various references)

Romanian		râsete, râs (laugh, laughing, lynx, mirth). (various references)

Russian		смех (ha, laugh). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		smejurija (trifle), smeh (laugh, loud). (various references)

Spanish		risa (laugh, mirth). (various references)

Swedish		skratt (laugh, laughing). (various references)

Thai		เสียงหัวเราะ (laugh), การหัวเราะ (laughing). (various references)

Turkish		kahkaha (cackle, guffaw, Haw-haw, heehaw, laugh), gülme (laugh, laughing, mirth, risible), gülüş (laugh, smile). (various references)

Turkmen		jakyrdy, gьlki. (various references)

Ukranian		сміх (laugh), регіт (cackle, laugh, roar, yak). (various references)

Vietnamese		tiếng cười tr� ng cười rền, sự cười (laughing). (various references)

Welsh		chwerthin (laugh). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Laughter

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	isi�. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	risu, risum, risus. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	hleahtor. (various references)
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Bible Trace: Laughter

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 14, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	En eufrosunaiV ou prosmeignutai luph teleutaia de cara eiV penqoV ercetai
Latin	405	Vulgate	Risus dolore miscebitur et extrema gaudii luctus occupat
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Lawying with sorewe shal be mengd; and the endis of ioye weiling ocupieth.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.
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Matched Bible Translations: Laughter

Language	Proverbs Chapter 14, Verse 13
Bulgarian	�"аже и всред смеха сърцето си има болката, И краят на веселието е тегота.
Cebuano	¶ Bisan diha sa pagkatawa ang kasingkasing magamasulub-on; Ug ang katapusan sa kalipay mao ang kagul-anan.
Chinese	人在喜笑中、心也憂愁．快樂至極、就 �"� 愁苦。
Croatian	I u smijehu srce osjeæa bol, a poslije veselja dolazi tuga.
Danish	Selv under Latter kan Hjertet lide, og Glædens Ende er Kummer.
Dutch	Het hart zal ook in het lachen smart hebben; en het laatste van die blijdschap is droefheid.
Finnish	Nauraessakin voi sydän kärsiä, ja ilon lopuksi tulee murhe.
French	Au milieu même du rire le coeur peut être affligé, Et la joie peut finir par la détresse.
German	Auch beim Lachen kann das Herz trauern, und nach der Freude kommt Leid.
Haitian Creole	¶ Ou mèt ap ri, kè ou ka nan lapenn. Apre kontantman, se kè sere.
Hungarian	Nevetés közben is fáj a szív; és végre az öröm fordul szomorúságra.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Di balik tawa mungkin ada tangis; kegembiraan dapat berakhir dengan kedukaan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Lagi dalam tertawapun hati akan merasai sakit, dan akhirnya kesukaan itu kedukaan juga.
Italian	Anche fra il riso il cuore prova dolore e la gioia può finire in pena.
Korean	웃 을 때 에 도 마 음 에 슬 �"" 이 있 � 즐 거 움 의 끝 에 도 근 심 이 있 느 니 라
Maori	¶ Ahakoa e kata ana, e mamae ana te ngakau; a, ko te mutunga o te koa, he pouri.
Norwegian	Endog under latter har hjertet smerte, og enden på gleden er sorg.
Portuguese	Até no riso terá dor o coração; e o fim da alegria é tristeza.
Rumanian	De multe ori chiar kn mijlocul rksului inima poate fi mkhnitq, wi bucuria poate sfkrwi prin necaz. -
Spanish	Aun en la risa tendrá dolor el corazón, y el final de la alegría es tristeza.
Swedish	Mitt under löjet kan hjärtat sörja, och slutet på glädjen bliver bedrövelse. >Pred. 7,4.
Thai	แม้ใจของคนที่หัวเราะก็เศร้า และที่สุ�"ของความชื่นบานนั้นคือความโศกสล�"
Ukrainian	¶ Також іноді і від сміху болить серце, і закінчення радости смуток.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Laughter

Derivations
	Words beginning with "laughter": laughters. (additional references)
	Words ending with "laughter": manslaughter, preslaughter, slaughter. (additional references)
	Words containing "laughter": manslaughters, slaughtered, slaughterer, slaughterers, slaughterhouse, slaughterhouses, slaughtering, slaughterous, slaughterously, slaughters. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Laughter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alushta, Caughter, laughen, laught, Lauter, Lautern, Loughbeg. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Laughter"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "laughter" (pronounced la"fter)
4	-a" f t er	after, drafter, hereafter, rafter, thereafter.
3	-f t er	drifter, Hefter, lifter, shifter, shoplifter, softer, swifter, weightlifter.
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Anagrams: Laughter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-h-l-r-t-u"
	-1 letter: laugher, tegular.
	-2 letters: gather, haleru, halter, hauler, hurtle, lather, rugate, tergal, thaler.
	-3 letters: aglet, alert, alter, argle, argue, artel, auger, aught, earth, garth, gault, gerah, ghaut, glare, gluer, grate, great, gruel, gular, haler, hater, haute, heart, huger, lager, large, later, lathe, laugh, lehua, luger, lutea, ratel, rathe, regal, retag, rugae, rugal, taler, targe, tegua, terga, teugh, thurl, ultra, urate, ureal.
	-4 letters: ager, ague, earl, eath, egal, gale, gate, gaur, gear, gelt, geta, ghat, glue, glut, grat, grue, guar, haet, hale, halt, hare, harl, hart, hate, haul, haut, heal, hear, heat, herl, huge, hula, hurl, hurt, late, lath, lear, lehr, luge, lure, lute, rage, rale, rate, rath, real, rhea, ruga, rule, ruth, tael, tahr, tale, tare, teal, tear, tela, thae, thru, thug, true, trug, tule, urea, urge.
	-5 letters: age, ale, alt, are, art, ate, ear, eat, eau, era, erg, eta, eth, gae, gal, gar, gat, gel, get, gul, gut, hae, hag, hat, her, het, hue, hug, hut, lag, lar, lat, lea, leg, let, leu, lug, rag, rah, rat, reg, ret, rue, rug, rut, tae, tag, tar, tau, tea, teg, tel, the, tug, ugh, uta.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-h-l-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: laughters, slaughter.
	+2 letters: largemouth, slaughters, theurgical.
	+3 letters: largemouths, slaughtered, slaughterer.
	+4 letters: daughterless, manslaughter, preslaughter, rheumatology, slaughterers, slaughtering, slaughterous, ultraheating.
	+5 letters: manslaughters.
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.