LAUGH AT (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING)


Meaning of LAUGH AT (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) in English

laugh at somebody/something phrasal verb ( see also ↑ laugh )

1 . to make unkind or funny remarks about someone, because they have done or said something you think is stupid SYN tease :

I’m afraid the other kids will laugh at me because I don’t understand.

2 . to seem not to care about something that most people would worry about:

Young offenders just laugh at this sort of sentence.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.