laugh atsomeone/something
phrasal verbwithlaughverb[I]uk/lɑːf/us/læf/
B1
to show that youthinksomeone or something isstupid:
I can't go intoworklookinglike this - everyone willlaughat me.
B1
totreatsomeone or something as if he, she, or it is notimportantor does notdeserveseriousattention:
If you say that,peoplewill justlaughat you.
- Shethinkspeoplewilllaughat her if shesings.
- I'm notwearingthathat-peoplewilllaughat me.
- Does herealizethat everyone islaughingat him?
- Don'tlaughat herattemptsatdecorating.
- Nobody willlaughat you fortrying.
Mocking and taunting
- caricature
- deride
- derision
- derisive
- derisively
- grief
- haze
- layyourselfopen to ridiculeidiom
- make a mockery ofsomethingidiom
- make a monkey out ofsomeoneidiom
- mimic
- mimicry
- mock
- mockery
- parody
- sardonic
- sardonically
- scoff
- scoffer
- self-caricature