a shrill laugh
71fearful — 1 Fearful, apprehensive, afraid are comparable when they mean inspired or moved by fear. In such use they are normally followed by of, that, or lest, afraid being never and fearful and apprehensive infrequently used attributively in this sense.… …
72hoot — v 1. bellow, bawl, caterwaul, yowl, yelp; clamor, shout, roar, chorus, Inf. holler. 2. deride, cry down, express disapproval, laugh to scorn, hoot off the stage or platform; catcall, boo, hiss, jeer, fleer, scoff, snort, hiss and boo; point the… …
73cackle — [c]/ˈkækəl / (say kakuhl) verb (cackled, cackling) –verb (i) 1. to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as a hen after laying an egg. 2. to laugh brokenly. 3. to chatter noisily. –verb (t) 4. to utter with cackles; express by cackling. –noun 5.… …
74scream — [n1] outcry cry, high pitched shout, holler*, howl, screech, shriek, wail, yell, yelp; concept 595 scream [n2] person or thing that is very funny card*, character*, comedian, comedienne, comic, entertainer, guffaw*, hoot*, howl*, joker, laugh,… …
75cackle — [kak′əl] vi. cackled, cackling [ME cakelen; akin to Du kokkelen, LowG kakkeln < IE base * kak : of echoic orig.] 1. to make the shrill, broken vocal sounds of a hen 2. to laugh or chatter with similar sounds vt. to utter in a cackling manner n …
76scream — n. & v. n. 1 a loud high pitched piercing cry expressing fear, pain, extreme fright, etc. 2 the act of emitting a scream. 3 colloq. an irresistibly funny occurrence or person. v. 1 intr. emit a scream. 2 tr. speak or sing (words etc.) in a… …
