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laughed to scorn

laughed to scorn is the simple past and past participle of laugh to scorn.

Meaning of laugh to scorn

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.

Questions about laughed to scorn

What is laughed to scorn the simple past and past participle of?
Laughed to scorn is the simple past and past participle of laugh to scorn.

Words near laughed to scorn in the dictionary

  1. laughed on the wrong side of one's mouth
  2. laughed one's ass off
  3. laughed one's head off
  4. laughed out of court
  5. laughed out of the other side of one's mouth
  6. laughed to scorn
  7. laughed up one's sleeve
  8. laughed with
  9. laughedst
  10. laughee
  11. laughees

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