Synonyms of chuckling

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adjective

as in smiling

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smiling
• laughing
• amused
• giggling
• mirthful
• gleeful
• jovial
• merry
• jocose
• jocular
• jolly
• beaming
• lighthearted
• festive
• blithe
• joking
• cheerful
• carefree
• cheery
• buoyant
• upbeat
• amusing
• bouncing
• chipper
• delighted
• sunny
• jubilant
• enraptured
• jaunty
• lively
• spirited
• ecstatic
• joyous
• joyful
• blithesome
• hilarious
• jocund
• exuberant
• gay
• perky
• rapturous
• exultant
• animated
• funny
• vivacious
• sprightly
• blissful
• frisky
• euphoric
• witty
• flippant
• playful
• facetious
• peppy
• blest
• radiant
• happy
• tickled
• blessed
• elated
• jesting
• entranced
• overjoyed
• thrilled
• frolicsome
• joshing
• exhilarated
• optimistic
• zippy
• lightsome
• unconcerned
• bright
• hopeful
• humorous
• sportive
• gladsome
• easygoing
• cavalier
• comical
• sanguine
• insouciant
• ravished
• comic
• sprightful
• rosy
• high
• uproarious
• riotous
• farcical
• antic
• happy-go-lucky
• devil-may-care
• sidesplitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crying
• sad
• anguished
• unhappy
• aggrieved
• weeping
• depressed
• melancholy
• sorrowful
• disconsolate
• crestfallen
• blue
• wailing
• abject
• despondent
• downcast
• glum
• sobbing
• dejected
• forlorn
• saddened
• heartbroken
• dispirited
• disheartened
• brokenhearted
• discontented
• disgruntled
• sorry
• plaintive
• moody
• groaning
• moaning
• heartsick
• mournful
• lugubrious
• doleful
• depressing
• gray
• dark
• downhearted
• black
• heavyhearted
• morose
• sullen
• somber
• gloomy
• lachrymose
• woeful
• joyless
• grey
• low-spirited
• bleak
• sombre
• dolorous
• dismal
• cheerless
• desolate
• dreary
• saturnine
• miserable
• woebegone
• wretched
• comfortless
• listless
• lethargic
• sluggish
• dull
• torpid

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• crying
• sad
• anguished
• unhappy
• aggrieved
• weeping
• depressed
• melancholy
• sorrowful
• disconsolate
• crestfallen
• blue
• wailing
• abject
• despondent
• downcast
• glum
• sobbing
• dejected
• forlorn
• saddened
• heartbroken
• dispirited
• disheartened
• brokenhearted
• discontented
• disgruntled
• sorry
• plaintive
• moody
• groaning
• moaning
• heartsick
• mournful
• lugubrious
• doleful
• depressing
• gray
• dark
• downhearted
• black
• heavyhearted
• morose
• sullen
• somber
• gloomy
• lachrymose
• woeful
• joyless
• grey
• low-spirited
• bleak
• sombre
• dolorous
• dismal
• cheerless
• desolate
• dreary
• saturnine
• miserable
• woebegone
• wretched
• comfortless
• listless
• lethargic
• sluggish
• dull
• torpid

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chuckling

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verb

present participle of chuckle

as in laughing

to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound

everyone dutifully chuckled at the professor's intended jokes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laughing
• giggling
• screaming
• smiling
• grinning
• snickering
• chortling
• cackling
• tittering
• roaring
• twittering
• hee-hawing
• cracking up
• splitting one's sides
• breaking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crying
• sobbing
• weeping
• bawling
• howling
• blubbering
• wailing
• whining
• whimpering
• sighing
• groaning
• sniffling
• bleating
• moaning
• squalling
• yowling
• sniveling
• puling
• snivelling

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• crying
• sobbing
• weeping
• bawling
• howling
• blubbering
• wailing
• whining
• whimpering
• sighing
• groaning
• sniffling
• bleating
• moaning
• squalling
• yowling
• sniveling
• puling
• snivelling

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