forced laugh
1forced laugh — unnatural laugh, strained laugh …
2Forced — Forced, a. Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh. [1913 Webster] {Forced draught}. See under {Draught}. {Forced… …
3Forced draught — Forced Forced, a. Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh. [1913 Webster] {Forced draught}. See under {Draught}.… …
4Forced march — Forced Forced, a. Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh. [1913 Webster] {Forced draught}. See under {Draught}.… …
5forced — [[t]fɔrst, foʊrst[/t]] adj. 1) enforced or compulsory: forced labor[/ex] 2) strained, unnatural, or affected: a forced laugh[/ex] 3) subjected to force 4) required by circumstances; emergency: a forced landing of an airplane[/ex] • Etymology:… …
6forced — adjective Date: circa 1537 1. compelled by force or necessity ; involuntary < a forced landing > 2. done or produced with effort, exertion, or pressure < a forced laugh > • forcedly adverb …
7laugh on the other side of your face — see ↑laugh, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑face laugh on the other side of your face used to say that a situation will change and someone will stop being happy or pleased You ll be laughing on the other side of your face when I ve finished with you! • • •… …
8Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns — was a mimeographed literary magazine published between 1969 and 1971 in Los Angeles, California by Charles Bukowski and Neeli Cherkovski (then known as Neeli Cherry). The original title was to be Laugh Literary and Man the Fucking Guns, but… …
9forced — [fo:st US fo:rst] adj 1.) a forced smile, laugh etc is not natural or sincere ▪ Oh, hello, said Eileen, with forced brightness. 2.) [only before noun] done suddenly and quickly because the situation makes it necessary, not because it was planned… …
10laugh — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sound/act of laughing ADJECTIVE ▪ loud ▪ light, little, short, slight, small, soft ▪ deep …