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nonlaughing en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + laughing.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not laughing.
    • 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 people:
    • If 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 application:
    • 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, Applesauce:

Synonyms

unlaughing