laugh like a hyena

[MadHorse]

Hi,

What kind of laugh is that?
Thanks.

[Bounty Hunter]

It is hysterical laughter. Really hearty, side-splitting laughter.

[MadHorse]

Hi Bouty Hunter,

Do you use it on someone with somewhat a negative connotation?

[BobK]

Hi Bouty Hunter,
Do you use it on someone with somewhat a negative connotation?

I don't think so. It's just uninhibited laughter.- in BE, at least. In some contexts, though, it could be used to indicate mechanistic or heartless or humourless laughter, but other words in the context would be involved:

They weren't listening to their leader's words, but laughing dutifully - like hyenas - whenever his intonation suggested the end of a 'joke'.

b

[MadHorse]

Got it. Thanks Bob.