LAUGHED (AT) Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

laughed (at)

verb

past tense of laugh (at)

as in ridiculed

to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter most viewers seem to tune in just to laugh at the self-deluded souls who think that they can actually sing

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Paris’ Eiffel Tower, for instance, was ridiculed for decades before becoming arguably one of the most iconic and well-loved pieces of architecture in the world.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026
Digital advertising has long been the cash cow for other big tech companies like Google and Meta, but OpenAI's move was ridiculed by its chief rival, Anthropic, which made OpenAI's ad push the focus of its first Super Bowl campaign.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

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Mel Gibson has issued an apology amid backlash over his recent appearance at FanExpo Canada, where the Oscar winner mocked an ASL interpreter while walking on stage to attend his retrospective Q&A.

— Zack Sharf, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
Barney & Friends, the enormously popular and widely mocked PBS series about a singing, dancing purple dinosaur, is the obvious touchstone for the children’s-show-as-hellscape in the new movie Buddy.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

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