Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see laugh, at.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To scorn or tease; to evince contempt or pity for someone, usually contrasted with laugh with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: scoff, scorn, gird, jeer, jibe, laugh at, sneer
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To act uncaring of or dismissive of (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: flout, jibe, fleer, gird, jeer, scoff, scorn
Antonyms: none provided
verb
subject to laughter or ridicule
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mock, bemock
Narrower terms: tease, satirize, satirise, lampoon, debunk, expose, stultify
History
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Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
