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verlachen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deride verb To mock someone or something harshly and with contempt.
  • scoff verb To speak about something with scorn or mockery, treating it as ridiculous.

Senses

verlachen is used for these senses in English:

  • deride (transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
  • scoff (intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.

deride — full definition

  1. verb To mock someone or something harshly and with contempt.
  2. verb To laugh at someone in an unkind, mocking way.

scoff — full definition

  1. verb To speak about something with scorn or mockery, treating it as ridiculous.
  2. noun A mocking remark or expression of contempt.
  3. verb British informal: to eat food quickly or greedily.
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