laugh off
verb
laughed off; laughing off; laughs off
transitive verb
: to minimize by treating as amusingly or absurdly trivial
Word History
First Known Use
1676, in the meaning defined above
laughed off
verb
as in shrugged off
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- shrugged off
- played down
- minimized
- discounted
- undervalued
- underrated
- poohed
- diminished
- belittled
- pooh-poohed
- deprecated
- regretted
- lamented
- bemoaned
- mourned
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- boasted
- blew
- swaggered
- crowed
- vapored
- vaunted
- gasconaded
- puffed
- bulled
- blustered
- harangued
- bragged
- prided
