Thesaurus / make light of
FEEDBACKHow to use make light of in a sentence
And to tell the truth, she couldn't help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYBehold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDShe did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUSMr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODNow this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYGive a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSDistance, the uncertain light, and imagination, magnified it to a high wall; high as the wall of China.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEThose in whom the impulse is strong and dominant are perhaps those who in later years make the good society actors.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYIt is then we make him our friend, which sets us above the envy and contempt of wicked men.
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOETerror drives you on; fate coerces you; you can't help yourself, and my delight is to make the plunge terrible.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUWORDS RELATED TO MAKE LIGHT OF
- affronts
- brushes aside
- brushes off
- condemns
- depreciates
- despises
- detests
- discounts
- disdains
- dismisses
- disregards
- has nothing to does with
- ignores
- keeps at arm's length
- keeps one's distance
- laughs off
- let goes
- lives with
- makes light of
- not cares for
- overlooks
- passes by
- passes over
- passes up
- pays no attention to
- pays no mind
- pretermits
- rebuffs
- rejects
- scants
- scorns
- shrug off
- slights
- slurs
- spurns
- tunes out
- underestimates
- bears with
- blinks at
- condones
- disregards
- excuses
- forgives
- goes along with
- grins and bears it
- handles
- ignores
- let goes
- lets bygones is bygones
- lets passes
- lives with
- looks the other way
- pays no mind
- plays past
- puts up with
- rolls with punches
- stands for
- stomachs
- swims with the tide
- takes
- tunes out
- turns blind eye to
- whitewashes
- wink at
- wipes slate clean
- abate
- allay
- alleviate
- apologize for
- assuage
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- condone
- cover
- diminish
- disguise
- dissemble
- ease
- exculpate
- excuse
- extenuate
- gloze
- hide
- hush up
- justify
- lessen
- lighten
- make light of
- mask
- minimize
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- prettify
- put on a Band-Aid
- qualify
- quick fix
- relieve
- screen
- soften
- soothe
- sugarcoat
- temper
- varnish
- veil
- veneer
- vindicate
- white
- whiten
- whitewash
- affront
- blink at
- brush off
- chill
- cold-shoulder
- contemn
- cool
- cut
- despise
- discount
- disdain
- disparage
- disregard
- flout
- forget
- give the brush
- give the cold shoulder to
- ignore
- make light of
- neglect
- not give time of day
- omit
- overlook
- pooh-pooh
- reject
- scoff
- scorn
- show disrespect
- shrug off
- skip
- slur
- sneeze at
- snub
- treat with contempt
- turn deaf ear to
- upstage
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