TITTERED Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

tittered

verb

past tense of titter

as in laughed

to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound even as students in the sex ed class continued to titter, the lecturer plowed ahead

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Recent Examples of tittered As each skated and waited for their scores to post, the crowd tittered with nervous unease. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026

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Kotzmacher said people leaving the arena pointed, laughed and taunted her group over Indiana’s loss and Cunningham’s performance.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Cole joined the group but later confessed everything to Kacie, who laughed it off, allowing the couple to move past the incident before their wedding.

— Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of laughed

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All around them, guests smiled and laughed as children screamed with excitement and giggled each time a butterfly fluttered close.

— Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Moments later, Saldaña pulled De Oliveira into a tight hug, and the pair giggled like old friends.

— Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026

Definition of giggled

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Baker smiled widely, nodded his head, greeted Ortiz in Spanish, chuckled and walked over to Ortiz and Vladimir Guerrero, giving each of them hugs and pats on the back.

— Jose de Jesus Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
Roupp chuckled at the thought of making his big-league debut as a two-pitch guy.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of chuckled

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