Synonyms for laugh away
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : laf, lahf |
| Phonetic Transcription : læf, lɑf |
Top 10 synonyms for laugh away Other synonyms for the word laugh away
Définition of laugh away
Origin :- 1680s, from laugh (v.). Meaning "a cause of laughter" is from 1895; ironic use (e.g. that's a laugh) attested from 1930. Laugh track "canned laughter on a TV program" is from 1961.
- As in dismiss : verb put out of one's mind
- She tried to laugh away her senseless fears, but it was no good.
- Extract from : « The Threatening Eye » by Edward Frederick Knight
- They can laugh away their sorrows, and sing away their cares.
- Extract from : « The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2) » by Luke Tyerman
- He tried to laugh away his weakness and fears, as he hastily dressed.
- Extract from : « The Weird of the Wentworths, Vol. 1 » by Johannes Scotus
- I tried to laugh away you, and all the past; to live only for the essence of the moment.
- Extract from : « Cape of Storms » by Percival Pollard
- She could not recover her presence of mind so as to laugh away the awkward situation.
- Extract from : « A Mad Love » by Bertha M. Clay
- Tullis, observing this, tried to laugh away her nervousness.
- Extract from : « Truxton King » by George Barr McCutcheon
- In vain they tried to cheer him, and to laugh away his fears.
- Extract from : « Love Romances of the Aristocracy » by Thornton Hall
- I endeavored to laugh away her fears, but got little response.
- Extract from : « Gordon Craig » by Randall Parrish
- The girl tried to laugh away the serious import of his tone.
- Extract from : « One Day » by Anonymous
- How much better to be like Joan and laugh away the idle tales!
- Extract from : « The Shield of Silence » by Harriet T. Comstock
Antonyms for laugh away
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