laugh at

present singular third person laughs at · participle present laughing at · participle past laughed at · past laughed at

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see laugh, at.
2. To scorn or tease; to evince contempt or pity for someone, usually contrasted with laugh with.

   Synonyms: scoff, scorn, gird, jeer, jibe, scoff, scorn, sneer

3. transitiveTo act uncaring of or dismissive of (something).

   Career criminals laugh at minor punishments like those.

   1 more example

   The form-letter rejections laughed at all my hard work.

   Synonyms: flout, jibe, fleer, flout, gird, jeer, jibe, scoff