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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guffawed
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The cast chuckled before Griffin cut in with some deep NBA lore.
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Reid chuckled, then offered the sweetest thought about the wedding.
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Willis sang as their children—14-year-old Mabel Ray and 12-year-old Evelyn Penn—giggled in the background.
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The couple giggled between kisses and lounged on a red-and-white picnic blanket while overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
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The actor laughed while recalling one of the more unusual consequences of the franchise's popularity.
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Carrie Warick-Smith, at the Association of Community College Trustees, laughed ruefully when she was asked when that journey — and the free money to start it — might actually begin.
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Zahida and Rubina snickered, with a villainy that bordered on hysterical.
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Behind the camera, crew members, and the audience members snickered.
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Once, in anthropology class, my professor lectured on an insular island tribe that cackled whenever someone got hurt.
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The women all cackled in unison.
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“Guffawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guffawed. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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