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laughs to scorn

laughs to scorn is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 laughs to scorn

What is laughs to scorn the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Laughs to scorn is the third-person singular simple present indicative of laugh to scorn.

Words near laughs to scorn in the dictionary

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

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