laugh at

Verb

Meaning

subject to laughter or ridicule

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Synonyms

guy blackguard ridicule rib roast poke fun make fun jest at twit lampoon kid pan rag razz parody
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Antonyms

adore respect honor worship encourage praise
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Hypernyms

mock bemock

Hyponyms

lampoon expose tease satirize debunk stultify

Examples

The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house Source: Internet

The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher Source: Internet

His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday Source: Internet

According to Tarantino, a hallmark of all his movies is that there is a different sense of humor in each one, which gets the audience to laugh at things that are not funny. Source: Internet

A hundred years from now, people will look back on the Big Bang Creationists and their antics with laughter much as we laugh at those who argued over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin!" Source: Internet

And although it's fun to laugh at the financial failures of all the bad movies we've covered so far, one can't help feeling a bit sad when it's a movie that is actually pretty decent. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

laugh a minute laugh about laugh all the way to the bank laugh away laugh die me laugh down