guffawing

present participle of guffaw

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for guffawing
Verb
  • The singer also added clips of the women giggling with each other over meals at the villa and out for dinner at restaurants.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Witnesses can be heard giggling as federal agents give chase, the viral video showed.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Forbes walked away chuckling to himself.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While you guys had staff inside laughing, pointing and even flicking off the crowd outside.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Earlier this week, however, Swizz shared a video of the couple smiling, laughing and dancing together to Instagram.
    Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Against all of this allegedly heady stuff, the score—by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross—intentionally jars us from encroaching drowsiness with chortling woodwinds and shardlike piano chords that are the aural equivalent of jagged Plexiglass off-cuts.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Wisecracking, cackling mini-maniac Teddy was the daredevil of the group.
    Sezin Devi Koehler September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Yes, the horror begins with a crying blonde girl being given a spoon and pushed to her knees to eat feces in front of a cackling audience.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Guffawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guffawing. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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