laugh in someone's face

verb

To not take someone seriously.

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Meanings

verblaugh in someone's face (third-person singular simple present laughs in someone's face, present participle laughing in someone's face, simple past and past participle laughed in someone's face)

present singular third person laughs in someone's face · participle present laughing in someone's face · participle past laughed in someone's face · past laughed in someone's face

  1. To not take someone seriously.

    Like the one that I heard of from Jeremy Sissons Who said he, he moved near the motorway 'Cause it was good for commuting And I laughed in his face because I, I thought he was joking

    2025, “Grown Ups”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), More, performed by Pulp
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APA

laugh in someone's face. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laugh%20in%20someone's%20face

MLA

“laugh in someone's face.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laugh%20in%20someone's%20face. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laugh in someone's face,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laugh%20in%20someone's%20face.

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