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laughing to scorn

laughing to scorn is the present participle and gerund 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 laughing to scorn

What is laughing to scorn the present participle and gerund of?
Laughing to scorn is the present participle and gerund of laugh to scorn.

Words near laughing to scorn in the dictionary

  1. laughing stock
  2. laughing stocks
  3. laughing tackle
  4. laughing thrush
  5. laughing thrushes
  6. laughing to scorn
  7. laughing turtle dove
  8. laughing turtle doves
  9. laughing up one's sleeve
  10. laughing water
  11. laughing with

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