Meanings
- not comparableNot laughing.
He laughed all the way to the bus (with nonlaughing breaks to catch his breath). He waved and shouted. He made it easily.
1967, June Arnold, Applesauce2 more examples
We dined on squab, which I suspected of having started out in life as nonlaughing sea gull, listened to the current palaver in the bar and said good night.
1947, Robert Joseph Casey, More interesting peopleIf one person does not laugh at your jokes and all the other members of the audience do, these responses are fed back to the nonlaughing receiver.
1971, Kim Giffin, Bobby R Patton, Basic readings in interpersonal communication: theory and applicationSynonyms: unlaughing
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot laughing.
Origin
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