The opposite verb would be cry, so it could be to blubber or whimper.
weep
laugh
To laugh.
laugh
The opposite of cried is laughed.
The opposite of "present" that ends in "ent" is "absent."
Antipodes are the opposite ends of the Earth, and hence of anything. Antipode and antipodal derive from it.
cry
The opposite ends of a magnet are called poles. All magnets have them.
Weep
Yes, they are opposites in that they usually express opposite emotions (happiness, sadness).
There is no precise opposite, but laugh is a good possibility.