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laud
laudable
laudanum
laudatory
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laugh
laugh down
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laugh off
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laughable
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laugh down
laugh down


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
mockingly reject something: to reject something with contemptuous laughter
The entire committee laughed down the new design.
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