laugh to scorn
English
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)
- (dated) To ridicule.
- Synonyms: scorn, deride; see also Thesaurus:mock
Further reading
- “laugh something to scorn”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “laugh to scorn, .”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “laugh to scorn”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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