#word variation
Do you ever find yourself over-using the verb “laugh” (or “laughed” or “laughing”) in your writing? Try using these words instead:
- giggle / giggled / giggling
- chuckle / chuckled / chuckling
- snicker / snickered / snickering
- cackle / cackled / cackling
- guffaw / guffawed / guffawing
- grin / grinned / grinning
- titter / tittered / tittering
- snort / snorted / snorting
- chortle / chortled / chortling
- howl / howled / howling
- roar / roared / roaring
- cachinnate / cachinnated / cachinnating
- snigger / sniggered / sniggering
- mock / mocked / mocking
- crack up / cracked up / cracking up
- bust a gut / busted a gut / busting a gut
- in stitches / in stitches / in stitches
- burst into laughter / burst into laughter / bursting into laughter
- die of laughter / died of laughter / dying of laughter
- split one’s sides / split one’s sides / splitting one’s sides
(NOTE: Keep in mind that all of these words have slightly different meanings and are associated with different emotions/scenarios.)
