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Definitions

laugh away

VERB
dismiss
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deride reject ridicule
STRONG
banish contemn despise discard disdain dispel disregard drop flout gibe gird jeer mock pooh-pooh rally relegate repudiate repulse scoff scorn scout shelve spurn taunt twit
WEAK
kiss off lay aside set aside
Antonyms
STRONGEST
flatter praise
STRONG
admire approve compliment do embrace esteem keep like love respect weaken welcome
WEAK
accept appoint employ engage hire hold maintain preserve secure

Example Sentences

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Which is why we should treasure love stories and laugh away people who call them useless or silly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

With song lyrics like, “Let’s have a passive-aggressive Christmas, because we’re all stuck here till we’re free,” it’s sure to help us all laugh away some of the challenges going into this season.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2021

They will laugh away the prices, the $16.95 sliced tomatoes that taste like 1979, the $229.80 porterhouse for four.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2019

Even among those regal beagles, I have to laugh away.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 30, 2015

I strove to laugh away her fears, but, say what I would, I could not dispel the thought in her mind that some disaster threatened our love.

From The Motor Pirate by Paternoster, G. Sidney

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.