Meaning

3 senses
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see laugh, at.

  2. To scorn or tease; to evince contempt or pity for someone, usually contrasted with laugh with.

    auslachen

  3. (transitive)To act uncaring of or dismissive of (something).

    Career criminals laugh at minor punishments like those.

    The form-letter rejections laughed at all my hard work.

More definitions
  • subject to laughter or ridicule

Examples

861 sentences
  1. I was laughed at by everyone.

    Усі з мене сміялися. — aandrusiak

    ruНадо мной все смеялись. — shanghainese

    deIch wurde von allen ausgelacht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. He was laughed at by everybody.

    Всі сміялися з нього. — aandrusiak

  3. They all laughed at his jokes.

    Всі вони сміялись над його жартами. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruВсе они смеялись над его шутками. — marafon

    deSie haben alle über seine Witze gelacht. — Dejo

  4. Tom will just laugh at us.

    Том просто з нас посміятиметься. — deniko

    deTom wird uns einfach auslachen. — raggione

  5. We must not laugh at the poor.

    Не можна сміятися над бідними. — deniko

    ruНельзя смеяться над бедными. — JeNNeR

    deWir dürfen uns nicht über arme Leute lustig machen. — Yorwba

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to scorn or tease:

Forms

laughs at, laughing at, laughed at, laughed at
Base formlaugh at · to laugh at
3rd person singularlaughs at
Present participlelaughing at
Past simplelaughed at
Past participlelaughed at

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylaugh at
he, she, itlaughs at

Past simpleLesson

all personslaughed at

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave laughed at
he, she, ithas laughed at

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill laugh at

Synonyms

17 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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