Laughter and Scorn

Laughter

Laughter noun - An explosive sound that is a sign of amusement.

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Scorn and laughter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scorn" instead a noun "Laughter".

Nearby Words: laugh, laughing

Scorn noun - Open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect.

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Laughter and scorn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Laughter" instead a noun "Scorn".

Nearby Words: scornful, scorned, scornfully, scorning

constant	constant laughter	constant scorn
amused	amused laughter	amused scorn

Of course, the Shenyang dialect becomes both a source of laughter and scorn for many Chinese.

Source: Kansai Regional Accent
Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband and the Digital Economy, is rapidly becoming a target of scorn and laughter from virtually the entire internet, and even the American government, among others, got in on the scorning action!

Source: Acceptable Political Targets
We ll have the ham to logic s sandwich Of indignation: last bread bland, which After our scorn of God s lust, terror, hate, Prometheus-fired, we ll butter, perorate With oiled indifference, laughter s silver: Omne hoc verbum valet nil, vir !

Source: Painful Rhyme

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