CACKLED Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

cackled

verb

past tense of cackle

as in chatted

to engage in casual or rambling conversation a group of old friends who met regularly to laugh and cackle about their glory days

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as in laughed

to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound she cackled with glee when her tax-evading neighbor finally got caught

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Recent Examples of cackled Once, in anthropology class, my professor lectured on an insular island tribe that cackled whenever someone got hurt. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 The women all cackled in unison. — Datwon Thomas, VIBE.com, 5 Feb. 2026 Violet cackled, and the tension broke. — Andrew Martin, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025 His teammates and Dodgers coaches cackled when Ohtani’s Michael Bublé walk-up song blasted during the Dodgers’ workout and Ohtani stepped into the batter’s box for a round of hitting. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

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In these ornate halls, while those with more serious ailments might soak in mineral baths or endure being wrapped in a wet sheet for the sake of their health, others played cards, chatted with friends, and attended concerts.

— Veronique Greenwood, Time, 9 July 2026
The prior day, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, also chatted with McConnell.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Definition of chatted

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There was an exhilarating ease as people talked, laughed, and flirted freely.

— Lilian T. Mehrel, IndieWire, 7 July 2026
Their Ballon d’Or-winning winger Ousmane Dembele had the ball in his hands, a decoy to avoid unwanted attention on the actual taker Mbappe, and Dembele quite literally laughed in the face of the petulant Velazquez.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of laughed

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Both of the soon-to-be newlyweds have talked openly about wanting to have kids.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Gyllenhaal received the President’s Award on Friday at the festival’s opening night ceremony, and talked to the international press on Saturday in a suite at the neo-baroque Grand Hotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary.

— Carole Horst, Variety, 4 July 2026

Definition of talked

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As the players conversed and enjoyed their afternoon off, a curious Andrés, then 18 years old, peered through the kitchen window, too shy to join the conversation.

— Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 1 July 2026
But Feaster also found other accounts that described Müller’s device as a puppet that conversed with audiences.

— Ron Cowen, Scientific American, 3 June 2026

Definition of conversed

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One passenger, identified only as Christina, told Thessaloniki radio that passengers panicked and screamed and that one passenger was partially sucked out of the window.

— Costas Kantouris, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
There was no pomp and circumstance by Haaland, though his teammates screamed and jumped on his back.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

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