laugh on the wrong side of one's face

verb

Synonym of laugh on the other side of one's face.

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Meanings

verblaugh on the wrong side of one's face (third-person singular simple present laughs on the wrong side of one's face, present participle laughing on the wrong side of one's face, simple past and past participle laughed on the wrong side of one's face)

present singular third person laughs on the wrong side of one's face · participle present laughing on the wrong side of one's face · participle past laughed on the wrong side of one's face · past laughed on the wrong side of one's face

  1. Synonym of laugh on the other side of one's face.
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    Socialism? Ha! ha! ha! Where’s the money to come from? Ha! ha! ha!... Hitler will at any rate go down in history as the man who made the City of London laugh on the wrong side of its face. For the first time in their lives the comfortable were uncomfortable, the professional optimists had to admit that there was something wrong.

    1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. II

    Synonyms: laugh on the other side of one's face

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of laugh on the other side of one's face.

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APA

laugh on the wrong side of one's face. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laugh%20on%20the%20wrong%20side%20of%20one's%20face

MLA

“laugh on the wrong side of one's face.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laugh%20on%20the%20wrong%20side%20of%20one's%20face. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laugh on the wrong side of one's face,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laugh%20on%20the%20wrong%20side%20of%20one's%20face.

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