laugh at

1. Treat lightly, scoff at. For example, He said the other children all laughed at his jacket, or They stopped laughing at his theory when it proved to be correct. [Late 1300s]

Example Sentences

Your CholoFit skits have always had a genius way of explaining Chicano culture in ways that people can laugh at and also learn from.

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“And he looks like he is so mad that he is 4′ 10″, that he’s taken that anger out on at any other population possible. Like, laugh at them! Laugh at them!”

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Humans have laughed at tyrants going back to the days of the ancient Greeks.

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“People laugh at the latest stupidity from the president, as if it’s funny,” he says.

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“That is not true,” Sylvie Andrews said, the crowd around her laughing at the assertion.

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