tittering

• Adjectif littéraire ou vieilli décrivant une personne ou une chose qui rit ou glousse de manière nerveuse, contenue ou stupide.

An archaic or literary adjective describing a person or thing that is laughing or giggling in a nervous, restrained, or silly manner.

1. Nervous or suppressed laughterB2informal

   Characterized by or producing short, quiet, and often nervous laughs.

   Rire nerveux étouffé

   • The tittering audience made the speaker uncomfortable.
   • A tittering sound came from the back of the classroom.
   • Her tittering response showed she was embarrassed.

• Verbe utilisé pour exprimer un rire court, nerveux ou contenu, souvent d'une manière stupide ou embarrassée.

A verb used to express a short, nervous, or restrained laugh, often in a silly or embarrassed manner.

1. Laugh nervouslyB2informal

   To laugh in a quiet, restrained, or nervous way, often due to embarrassment or amusement.

   rire nerveusement, glousser

   • The audience tittered nervously at the comedian's awkward joke.
   • She tittered when he complimented her dress.
   • They tittered behind their hands during the serious speech.

   Synonymeschucklegigglesnickersnigger