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roar chuckle cackle bawl hoot giggle call howl laugh squall snicker snivel fleer titter scream cachinnate risible agnostic or amuse guffaw cry curiosity caw holler exclaim pule mewl willy-nilly weep screech bleat shrug stranger shout wail ridicule can understand chortle outlaugh intuit jeer curious whoop deride vociferate yell savvy risibility see ken squeak yowl whine squeal sneer crack up joke whimper shrill snort tearful yelp wit greet tell outcry sir foreknow laughing foresee boo whether madam gag scry cognize hallo blat unknown RSVP learn mew snotter roup grizzle pro-choice experience doohickey blubber make fun of not yawl jury dissolve into tears/laughter waul chuck reclaim bellow set off baa trumpet unclear clepe boohoo tearless hollo dunno never voice misken joker answer burglary weepy shed tears demerit sing secretive skill kid don't ask me wonder deservedly know interest eunuch crunk shriek keep a straight face no bark widget challenge incurious galley fossil sob pimple calculated te-hee lose track taster yock chirm temptation bewail petit jury hail note de facto coo kink court of appeals burst into song/tears/laughter uncle cheer not know where/which way to turn cluck plead look like thingy moan start sb off property blub lose it bubble someone sounding board blissful ignorance inscrutable bag yuk point sth out so-and-so hide split your sides apprehend guess proprietor damnum designatum trick kill cagey it beats me pip take a joke possession gale realize die laughing caterwaul earn lachrymose fall hoop keen surrender be/hang in the balance sly feel discover trial buddy be in doubt doodad whatsit understanding explosion maniacal what's-her-name crack dissolve into understood if experiment whatever what's-his-name divine whatchamacallit exist wrong bray humorous fall flat laugh like a drain scene sound show energy tear pretend wittingly or not concern easy not have a clue have no idea not have the faintest/slightest idea block wold lode a enshroud proclaim fall about shoo run into sb wheeple mac doubt for better or (for) worse snuff even if mute comic search me idea know-nothing joint skirl let know better somehow far lose new blind bell stuff play/act dumb fight back the tears search me! ignoramus smile hidden ignorance is bliss disinterested presume bay peep suppose holla hearsay whinny checkle secret quack vacillating overwhelming gape straight-faced betray fish jest sling off for aught I know/care shed a tear reem issue mark win or lose impression fortune be at a loss bring in halt it’s early days ignorant can take something or leave it tippler know of force a smile/laugh clown a straight face not have the foggiest (idea) humour not have the faintest idea/notion not have the remotest idea (I’m) just looking loffe cack fight back tears amusing jocular tee-hee peal be in the dark arride give the game away look through twitter teary scratch your head be economical with the truth not know the first thing/not have the first idea about something jokey ping silver know full/perfectly well disclaim suck it and see epistemologist sleeve crack (sb) up not know beans about ignore crease (sb) up there's no telling consultative canvass superpose lose your way vilify make fun of someone crack up (someone) time will tell suppress discrimination cruelty rap care discriminating sit in judgment evidence measure aria dynamic assault judge realism strike ballot blink cast pearls before swine student unable flounder reproductive rights unsympathetic be at your wits' end say endemic ho ho gaydar appeal bioscopy parental discretion unearthly told dumbfounded hello somewhere dude know different/otherwise keep sth back embarrassed telling blotto piss yourself piss oneself (laughing) hawhaw anti-choice nonplussed muggle miss play the innocent duh at your wits’ end cut horror-struck stump a fish out of water take the piss out of fuss crease up nearly/almost wet yourself lamentable greed fracture force nicker split one's sides (laughing) cosening split kangaroo court apnea laugh one's head off thingummy make a joke of sth broadcast deny skin (one's) teeth plunk deep down agonistic knockabout cover up scrape the bottom of the barrel amusement have a nodding acquaintance with someone/be on nodding terms with someone fool's paradise institute on the fence indigestion musky cut someone dead test the water(s) jus deliberandi piss yourself (laughing) get a laugh howl with laughter kill yourself laughing drama laughter grandfather abysmal you know what I mean misrepresent extroverted brittle quizzical bring tears to your eyes belly lack direction give (something) a fling jetsam wobble make a joke of meet morality musician (come) rain or shine electrocution deerskin have a fling at (something) catharsis from Kent marital status kenna itinerant credibility kenning couldn't think have (got) no idea something is anyone's guess don't have a clue wis kendna pussyfoot put (someone) on to disavow I can't think wot finite dirty little secret there's no knowing/telling/saying lay sth on jive nerf contraption have your head in the clouds I have no idea blow the lid off something let someone in on a (little) secret cough up caught take sb aback on the edge of one's seat God (or goodness or heaven) knows be news to sb keep Adam field mum I'll be hanged if I know in the dark Lord knows faint somehow or other how should/would one know return a verdict (of something) kleptomania tear/pull your hair out silent crybaby foredeem so much doodah bastard thingamajig I (or he, she, etc.) cannot (or could not) say way erratic well-wisher break the ice sardonic troglodyte thingamajiggy wink at McNaughten Rules something whoever someone is know someone/something inside out shadowy have unforeseeable inside indiscernible lawless laugh your head off indeterminable familiar radar incomprehensible certain burst into tears lose touch/contact (with someone) hyena a lump in one's throat bemuse optional banzai sob your heart out beef undercry razz give/make a yelp cry buckets toot overhear intensify snirtle downcry close to tears wobbly be/have something to do with something maybe neigh foreign hosanna hee-haw bird raspberry hiss blind spot despite blank stare havoc cooee cynicism ululate cry your eyes out oscillation put to extrapolate play infuse stationary cynical precognition book amoral hoy tantivy yipe tallyho hue ivory tower arch half hope/hoping (that) I don’t rightly know/I can’t rightly say narcotic jape illuminati Little Audrey joke onion what's it to (someone) decide psychometric testing clairvoyance uncharted territory/waters sight act guarded declaration day crocodile tears agelastic thing imitate unconditional emotion like asterism force back be/have something to do with sth unrefined ambivalent netherworld one psychometric test hearthside dearie signal throw/put sb off the scent needle comedy have seen it all before comparium economics propinquity Ms climacteric classification comic relief comedian parody be convulsed with laughter, rage, etc. rib pick on urge saliva test vote of confidence conflicted shilly-shally boffola imitation make sport of negative giggly laugh line outrageous buy fools rush in (where angels fear to tread) disingenuous bejape habeas corpus home signal Snickometer phone palm sth off militia checkbox assignment clause background check knock-for-knock agreement shareware deˈcidable plea mucicarmine analysis extricate information zombie play the clown mix mystery mock panic don’t ask me scorn laughsome break up Hitchcockian be a toss-up adrift what someone doesn't know can't/won't hurt him/her literally give as/so far as one/someone knows to the best of one's knowledge for some reason the blind leading the blind peasant kan comical sonny as/so far as one can see/tell/judge concealment seeming weet faithfully howp boohoe lump car make conversation mickey rejoice in the name/title of bring tears to one's eyes photojournalism burl dubious talk spoke discern speaking bandy laugh oneself silly (or sick) peradventure pale expectation let in diction beer be rolling in the aisles unflappable words fail someone bump into sb conceal acknowledge move to tears haw–haw bust a/one's gut determinable learn/know the ropes nolens volens how do you like combative bogart dispute uncertain speak gather spoken laughy let sb in on a secret dry up learn a/your lesson not know someone from Adam cut sb dead number give up the ghost lost for words try your luck nose out couldn't/can't say despair smoker fireman melody arguable stun run across sb four-oh-four ask me another poleaxe beat/flog a dead horse flummox nailing jelly to the wall ma'am hallelujah whewl bring tears to someone's eyes reduce (someone) to tears fort thalweg speaker horse laugh infectious bring a tear to someone’s eye blare break someone up misknow preknow put/get the word out learning a bad/good sailor nett family net mental health antsy health tone-deaf netting sickie know something inside and out learned interknow publicly s/he deduce cun learnt know something like the back of one's hand know something backwards better the devil you know (than the devil you don't) someway crunkle knew agog read someone's thoughts witness known figure alphabet backwater skeleton in the cupboard/closet nosy get/climb/jump into the sack with someone unknowable know something inside out precognize know something backward and forward a closed book (to someone) charlatan intellective obscure hear know where you stand know-all-about-it pickup get to plaint berattle cockle reknow con vel non without someone's knowledge wherever that is start off have (got) something on someone hear of interested the thing with/about inquire knowing gentleman knock around be none of sb's business heathen get have a card up your sleeve hello stranger what the heck let something out snuffle enquire perception seemingly au fait have a clue for someone’s consumption you have me there wherever that may be officially panhandle dear crank caller your guess is as good as mine Chaley get a line on sb not know sb from Adam sphinx-like muddle through sorry to bother you hope against hope shoot your mouth off Dear Sir drift desperate ma’am pass feel sb up it transpired (that) there is more to someone than meets the eye whenever unrecognized insensitive whatsis Johnny-come-lately cynically dim unexplained laugh/shout/scream your head off rame hold sb/sth up to ridicule landlubber nameless scoff what’s .... when it’s at home?/who’s .... when they’re at home? dark horse in limbo something or other whereabouts public where heaven (only/alone) knows doing quirk gizmo not have the faintest idea tentative unconscious please yourself be joking honk sniffle halloo repression subjective hardly actinaria hesitate atheist impersonate sometime name-dropping malfeasance slogan drink, laugh, etc. yourself silly laugh sth off fill in lie compulsory purchase idiotical casual sex reduce to sniveling instinctive 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Words For "not know whether to laugh or cry"
As you've probably noticed, words for "not know whether to laugh or cry" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this word similarity engine, the top 5 related words for "not know whether to laugh or cry" are: roar, chuckle, cackle, bawl, and hoot. There are 994 other words that are related to or similar to not know whether to laugh or cry listed above. Hopefully the generated list of words for "not know whether to laugh or cry" above suit your needs. If not, you might want to check out Related Words - another project of mine which uses a different technique (not though that it works best with single words, not phrases).
About Reverse Dictionary
The way Reverse Dictionary works is pretty simple. It simply looks through tonnes of dictionary definitions and grabs the ones that most closely match your search query. For example, if you type something like "longing for a time in the past", then the engine will return "nostalgia". The engine has indexed several million definitions so far, and at this stage it's starting to give consistently good results (though it may return weird results sometimes). It acts a lot like a thesaurus except that it allows you to search with a definition, rather than a single word. So in a sense, this tool is a "search engine for words", or a sentence to word converter.
I made this tool after working on Related Words which is a very similar tool, except it uses a bunch of algorithms and multiple databases to find similar words to a search query. That project is closer to a thesaurus in the sense that it returns synonyms for a word (or short phrase) query, but it also returns many broadly related words that aren't included in thesauri. So this project, Reverse Dictionary, is meant to go hand-in-hand with Related Words to act as a word-finding and brainstorming toolset. For those interested, I also developed Describing Words which helps you find adjectives and interesting descriptors for things (e.g. waves, sunsets, trees, etc.).
In case you didn't notice, you can click on words in the search results and you'll be presented with the definition of that word (if available). The definitions are sourced from the famous and open-source WordNet database, so a huge thanks to the many contributors for creating such an awesome free resource.
Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: Elastic Search, @HubSpot, WordNet, and @mongodb.
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