outlaughed
outlaughed is the simple past and past participle of outlaugh.
Meaning of outlaugh
Verb
outlaugh (third-person singular simple present outlaughs, present participle outlaughing, simple past and past participle outlaughed)
- To ridicule or laugh someone out of a purpose, principle, etc.; laugh down; discourage or put out of countenance by laughing.
- His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him to continue in a restless obscurity. - Franklin
- To laugh louder than, surpass in laughing.
- At his father's quick guffaw he jumped back, trying to outlaugh him. "Mamma, did you hear what I said, Mamma?" Boardman felt his side. "My boy, that's a good one."1995, Myra Page, Moscow Yankee
Questions about outlaughed
- What is outlaughed the simple past and past participle of?
- Outlaughed is the simple past and past participle of outlaugh.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: outlaughed (page history and authors); outlaugh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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