laugh to scorn

English

Verb

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

1. (dated) To ridicule.

   Synonyms: scorn, deride; see also Thesaurus:mock

Further reading

• “laugh something to scorn”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “laugh to scorn, .”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “laugh to scorn”, in Collins English Dictionary.