laugh sth off
— phrasal verb with laugh uk/lɑːf/us/læf/verb [ I ]
to make yourself laugh about something unpleasant in order to make it seem less important or serious:
She tried to laugh off their remarks, but I could see she was hurt.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blow sth/sb off
- brush sb/sth aside
- denigrate
- deprecate
- derogate
- derogate from sth
- laugh
- play fast and loose with sth/sb idiom
- pour
- pour scorn on sb/sth idiom
- scorn
- scornful
- scruple
- shrug
- talk
- talk sth down
- wave
- write
- write sb/sth off
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