Synonyms of giggling

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adjective

as in smiling

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

giggling

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verb

present participle of giggle

as in laughing

to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound

some audience members thought that they were being clever by giggling during the serious scenes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of giggling

Verb

In one photo, Ray’s sister Ruby held up the giggling infant, making kissy faces at the baby wrapped up in a blanket. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2026

Last episode, Jelly and Devin were out there giggling on the beach like Will and Grace with sand stuck in their coochies. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

During her September 30 visit with West Sussex Minibus, a volunteer transport organization in England that works to combat social isolation, Kate was photographed locking eyes and giggling with members of the local community. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 18 Oct. 2026

Less scrolling on the toilet in fear, more giggling with compatriots in joy. — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026

This approach worked for Jean Nelson of Pasadena, California, after her 2-year-old son, Luke, took delight in dragging toilet paper down the hall, giggling as the roll unfurled behind him. — Cynthia Hanson, Parents, 13 Sep. 2026

In the video, Hilton’s 3-year-old son Phoenix can be seen giggling as the puppy playfully chases him around the room while 2-year-old sister London looks on. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Everyone is giggling about his vocabulary, but they’re still charmed. — Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

On a recent afternoon outside the temple in central Kerala, Raman stood motionless as two children played, giggling and hugging its trunk. — ABC News, 3 July 2026