hearty laugh
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈhɑrti læf/
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risa sonora
- The attending audience had a hearty laugh at America's expense, with one guy yelling, "Need a push?"
- let out a hearty laugh
- broke into a hearty laugh
- enjoyed a hearty laugh
Examples
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With a hearty laugh, she told me that if I wanted to become rich, I had come to the right shop.
Fiction book (1998) -
Rona lets out a hearty laugh as they enter the horse arena.
Fiction book (1998) -
Ramona lets out a loud, hearty laugh without inhibition.
Fiction book (1994) -
Mary Daley broke the tension with her patented hearty laugh.
Fiction book (1996) -
"He slapped his thigh, gave a hearty laugh, and pointed at me derisively."
Fiction book (2002) -
After hearing the funny story, everyone shared a hearty laugh together.
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At the party, she had everyone in stitches with her jokes and a hearty laugh echoed around the room.
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He greeted us with a hearty laugh, making us feel instantly welcome.
Synonyms
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1.0
The sound people make when they find something funny
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2.5
A loud, happy sound people make when something is very funny
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6.1
A sudden, loud laugh that bursts out
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2.9
A loud deep sound people make when something is very funny
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3.2
A very loud sound made by many people when they find something funny
Antonyms
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a loud, cheerful, and sincere laugh' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'hearty' (sincere, warm, enthusiastic) with 'laugh' (the sound or expression of amusement). This adjective+noun composition follows regular English semantics and is cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase hearty laugh comes from the idea of hearty, as full of heart and strong feeling, so you imagine a laugh that comes from the chest and feels warm and big. That's why hearty laugh means a 'loud', 'cheerful', and 'sincere' laugh.