laugh at

English

Verb

laugh at (third-person singular simple present laughs at, present participle laughing at, simple past and past participle laughed at)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see laugh,‎ at.
2. To scorn or tease; to evince contempt or pity for someone, usually contrasted with laugh with.
3. (transitive) To act uncaring of or dismissive of (something).

   Career criminals laugh at minor punishments like those.

   The form-letter rejections laughed at all my hard work.

Translations

to scorn or tease

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘲笑 (zh) (cháoxiào)

• German: auslachen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: καταγελάω (katageláō)

• Irish: bí ag magadh faoi
• Ottoman Turkish: گولمك (gülmek)
• Portuguese: rir de
• Yiddish: אויסלאַכן (oyslakhn)