Synonyms of cackling

cackling

verb

present participle of cackle

1

as in chatting

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

a group of old friends who met regularly to laugh and cackle about their glory days

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatting
• talking
• conversing
• chattering
• rattling
• jabbering
• gabbing
• gabbling
• babbling
• prating
• nattering
• prattling
• pattering
• blabbing
• rapping
• discussing
• schmoozing
• jawing
• twittering
• kibitzing
• gossiping
• gassing
• visiting
• chinning
• blowing smoke
• chaffering
• palavering
• running on
• shooting the breeze
• talking a blue streak
• tattling
• chewing the fat
• yammering
• yapping
• expatiating
• yakking
• descanting

2

as in laughing

to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound

she cackled with glee when her tax-evading neighbor finally got caught

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laughing
• giggling
• chuckling
• screaming
• grinning
• smiling
• chortling
• snickering
• tittering
• roaring
• twittering
• hee-hawing
• cracking up
• splitting one's sides
• breaking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crying
• sobbing
• weeping
• howling
• bawling
• wailing
• whining
• blubbering
• whimpering
• bleating
• squalling
• groaning
• yowling
• sniffling
• sighing
• moaning
• sniveling
• puling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cackling

No electricity, no phones, no bright screens flashing information, no cackling TV in the corner of the room. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

The shocker, of course, is activated via remote control, held by a cackling Knoxville. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026

Without hesitation, the Thunder players merged, all cackling simultaneously. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 27 May 2026

Earlier, Mitchell’s Avdotya has attacked him with a pillow, railing and cackling. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026

And Winston left fans cackling with his version, which poked fun at his infamous crab leg theft from his time at Florida State University in 2014. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025

As the backstory evolved, Calico townswoman Sarah Marshall transformed into the Green Witch on the gallows, turned her accusing neighbors into monsters with a wicked curse and vanished in a puff of smoke with a cackling laugh. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025

Hundreds of shops at CST Road are crammed along half a mile of bumpy road with cackling traffic. — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025

Then, Kelce was asked about all the Chiefs fandom that was seen in the São Paulo streets, and his response had everyone in the room cackling. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025