laughed (at)

past tense of laugh (at)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for laughed (at)
Verb
  • Hegseth has ridiculed some of the media concerns and embraced the dispute on social media.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Using simple yet incandescent prose, Paine renounced, repudiated and ridiculed at a clip seldom witnessed in print before or since.
    Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Their mother began a relationship with a swaggering alcoholic, their future stepfather, who mocked Scott for being soft.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Dick Van Dyke’s cockney in Mary Poppins is still mocked, but fondly.
    Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Laughed (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laughed%20%28at%29. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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