laugh at

Meaning

1. Oxford85% of films

   to make sb / sth seem stupid or not serious by making jokes about them / it

In the movies · 54

• He laughs at you. He makes fun of you.Once Upon a Time in America1984
• that south of the border they're laughing at us?American History X1998
• Don't you laugh at me!American Beauty1999
• Laugh at God.Poor Things2023
• I laugh at them.The Smurfs2011
• They laugh at you.Bad Education2019
• Well, laugh at this.The Wind That Shakes the Barley2006
• These students would laugh at you.Front of the Class2008

Learn it in full scenes

• American History X1998
  • Sweeney Makes Danny a Deal
  • Derek Vinyard's TV Interview
  • The Basketball Court Bet
• American Beauty1999
  • Brad Warns Lester to Save His Job
  • The Burnhams' Cold Dinner
  • Jim and Jim Welcome the Fitts
• Bad Education2019
  • Frank Reassures an Angry Parent
  • Rachel Interviews School Officials
  • Bob Spicer Gives the School a Gift

From the same entry

• don't make me laugh
• he who laughs last laughs longest
• laugh all the way to the bank
• laugh in face
• laugh like a drain
• laugh on the other side of your face
• laugh out of court
• laugh till you cry
• laugh up your sleeve
• laugh your head off
• not know whether to laugh or cry
• you have got to laugh

More phrasal verbs

• get over
• stop by
• fall apart
• fit in
• speak up
• make up
• point out
• come across
• help out
• depend on
• give up on
• start over