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laugh to scorn

laugh to scorn verb: to ridicule.

Verb

laugh to scorn (third-person singular simple present laughs to scorn, present participle laughing to scorn, simple past and past participle laughed to scorn)

  1. (dated) To ridicule.

Synonyms of laugh to scorn

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Forms of laugh to scorn

third-person singular presentlaughs to scorn
present participlelaughing to scorn
past participlelaughed to scorn
pastlaughed to scorn

Questions about laugh to scorn

What does laugh to scorn mean?
Laugh to scorn means to ridicule.
What part of speech is laugh to scorn?
Laugh to scorn is a verb.
What is the past tense of laugh to scorn?
The past tense of laugh to scorn is laughed to scorn.

Words near laugh to scorn in the dictionary

  1. laugh out of court
  2. laugh out of the other side of one's mouth
  3. laugh riot
  4. laugh riots
  5. laugh test
  6. laugh to scorn
  7. laugh track
  8. laugh tracks
  9. laugh up one's sleeve
  10. laugh with
  11. laugh'd

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