to laugh (de at, about)

laugh

to laugh in a forced way, to give a hollow laugh, to laugh grudgingly

a hollow laugh, a sour laughter

(informal) uncontrollable laughter, hysterical laughter, fit of laughter, giggles

Homeric laughter

no joke; seriously

lit., as adjective or past tense, dead or died of laughing, so "died laughing" or "dying of laughter"; compare mort de faim for starve. Often appearing as abbreviation "mdr" or "MDR," e.g., in SMS, as the French expression equivalent to LOL; sometimes expanded as the infinitive, mourir de rire (see Larousse)

dry, deadpan

person with a deadpan sense of humour