CACKLING Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

cackling

verb

present participle of cackle

as in chatting

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 laughing

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 cackling Without hesitation, the Thunder players merged, all cackling simultaneously. —

Fred Katz, New York Times, 27 May 2026 Earlier, Mitchell’s Avdotya has attacked him with a pillow, railing and cackling. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026 And Winston left fans cackling with his version, which poked fun at his infamous crab leg theft from his time at Florida State University in 2014. —

Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025 On a Tuesday afternoon in early November, the Zoom background of Tom Kenny, the voice of the cackling cartoon sea sponge with square pants, is a snapshot from the long-running kids series. —

Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025 As the backstory evolved, Calico townswoman Sarah Marshall transformed into the Green Witch on the gallows, turned her accusing neighbors into monsters with a wicked curse and vanished in a puff of smoke with a cackling laugh. —

Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025 Hundreds of shops at CST Road are crammed along half a mile of bumpy road with cackling traffic. —

Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025 Then, Kelce was asked about all the Chiefs fandom that was seen in the São Paulo streets, and his response had everyone in the room cackling. —

Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025 Wisecracking, cackling mini-maniac Teddy was the daredevil of the group. —

Sezin Devi Koehler September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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While chatting with Craig Melvin during a June 19 appearance on the Today show, the TV icon paused her interview to smack the anchor after a bold request.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 20 June 2026
Within minutes, the men, who ranged in age from 30 to 60, began chatting among themselves.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026