laugh off

• Verbo compuesto que significa restar importancia a algo, tratándolo como si no fuera serio o digno de preocupación, a menudo respondiendo con humor o desdén.

A phrasal verb used to indicate dismissing or treating something as unimportant or amusing, often to avoid taking it seriously.

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Dismiss with humorinformal

   To treat something serious or embarrassing as a joke to avoid dealing with it.

   Quitar importancia con humor

   • He tried to laugh off the criticism from his boss.
   • She laughed off the awkward comment at the party.
   • They laughed off the mistake and moved on.

   Sinónimosbrush offshrug offtrivialize

   Antónimosacknowledgeaddressconfrontfaceheed

2. Ignore or minimizeinformal

   To pretend something is not important or serious by laughing.

   Quitar importancia riéndose

   • She laughed off the rumors about her promotion.
   • He laughed off the pain from the injury.
   • They laughed off the threat as a joke.

   Sinónimosbelittlebrush offdismissdisregarddownplayminimizeplay downpooh-poohshrug off

   Antónimosacknowledgeaddressconfrontheed

Verbo baselaugh