Literary notes about Cackled (AI summary)
In literature, the term "cackled" often conveys a distinctive, sometimes unnerving kind of laughter that can border on the supernatural or the rustic. It is frequently used to accentuate the sinister or mischievous traits of characters such as witches and villains—lending an eerie flavor to their words and actions [1, 2, 3]—while also capturing the unexpected, high-pitched, and animated vocalizations of animals like hens and geese in more pastoral or humorous settings [4, 5, 6]. Authors employ this word to simultaneously evoke both a sense of malevolent glee and a vivid display of character, thereby enriching the narrative tone with a robust blend of humor and foreboding [7, 8].
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: CAN'T STAND IN THE WAY OF LOVE "Well, now!" cackled the Witch.
— from Abducted to Oz by Chris Dulabone - At that, the Wicked Witch of the Deep South cackled loudly behind Dorothy.
— from Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz by Robert J. Evans - “Ha, ha, ha!” cackled the old witch-lady, still nodding her high head-dress at the minister.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - The roosters crowed, "It is a boy," and the hens cackled, "It is a boy."
— from A California Girl by Edward Eldridge - If the hen had not cackled we should not know she had laid an egg.
— from A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs - "Listen to him, will you, Nora Wingate," cackled Emma Dean hoarsely, for the chill of the mountain morning had gotten into her throat.
— from Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers by Josephine Chase - You’ll bring back your illness again, my dear fellow,” Porfiry Petrovitch cackled with friendly sympathy, though he still looked rather disconcerted.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - What shall I question you about?” cackled Porfiry Petrovitch with a change of tone, instantly leaving off laughing.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
