laughed off

verb

past tense of laugh off
as in shrugged off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laughed off
  1. shrugged off
  2. minimized
  3. played down
  4. undervalued
  5. discounted
  6. underrated
  7. diminished
  8. belittled
Verb
  • After the Dream's narrow 82-81 win, Reese shrugged off the controversy when asked about the wager.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • The economy has so far shrugged off the turmoil as AI demand powers electronics exports.
    — Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 27 July 2026
Definition of shrugged off
Verb
  • Without getting into specifics, Robins minimized the potential impact of the CFTC’s rules on DraftKings’ market making business in an interview with Sportico on Friday morning.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The possibility of insider trading, Kalshi argues, will be minimized by company safeguards verifying employment and tools to surveil for unusual market activity.
    — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of minimized
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  • The industry is one of the key drivers of Indian economic growth and middle-class expansion, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has played down job displacement concerns.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Iranian state television earlier played down the outcome of the Iran-Oman discussions, citing a person familiar with the matter as saying an agreement between Tehran and Muscat would not necessarily mean the strait would open immediately.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of played down
Verb
  • Bank of America reiterates MongoDB as buy The bank says the stock is undervalued.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In his view, the best Hiroshige prints remain undervalued when compared with Hokusai.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of undervalued
Verb
  • Equally, a disappointing first quarter can create an intriguing price if the problem is temporary, fixable, and already discounted.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Built with a durable body to withstand daily campus life, this 256GB tablet is discounted by $300 right now.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of discounted
Verb
  • The defensive line was underrated even before the return of Cam Jordan for one last hurrah.
    — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • Research consistently shows that Black women’s pain is underrated, their concerns dismissed, and their symptoms attributed to non-clinical causes.
    — Ashoka, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of underrated
Verb
  • The influence and interest of the United States in the islands must be increased and not diminished.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Then, there is the rise of China, which has shifted Washington’s strategic focus away from Europe and diminished NATO’s centrality to American concerns.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of diminished
Verb
  • Lestat is treated as unworthy of Akasha’s (Sheila Atim) blood and his choice to turn Louis is belittled by the table because Louis was a pimp.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • The women on that team didn’t ask to be the butt of a locker room joke, belittled by the President of the United States, no less.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of belittled
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“Laughed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laughed%20off. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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