make light of
Speech parts
1. make light of - Verb
2. make light of - Phrase
Meaning
make light of (third-person singular simple present makes light of, present participle making light of, simple past and past participle made light of)
(idiomatic) To regard without due seriousness; to joke about.
I wish you wouldn't make light of the matter, when it obviously means a great deal to him.
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Examples
Herodotus tells us that Xerxes held a council of war, at which the Persian general Mardonius tried to make light of the defeat: Sire, be not grieved nor greatly distressed because of what has befallen us.
Smith committed what is possibly the first Zoom gaffe of 2020 when she appeared to make light of Garcia's past military service as a Navy fighter pilot in an open online call with liberal supporters that was captured by Republican trackers.
He writes that the fairies make light of love by mistaking the lovers and by applying a love potion to Titania's eyes, forcing her to fall in love with an ass.
Physiological effects Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton enjoying a joke, in spite of their language differences Humour is often used to make light of difficult or stressful situations and to brighten up a social atmosphere in general.
But not only did he make light of the work, he next to ridiculed the workers saying that they were out on the streets breaking stones.
Some folks were genuinely interested in the snake’s condition, while others, well, they tried to make light of the snake’s situation.