past and past participle
Made a happy sound with the voice, often because something was funny.
She laughed at his funny joke.
We have laughed about that story many times.
American English
How to pronounce laughed
verbA2Very common word
LAAFT
/læft̚/
One syllable.
Form of laugh
Laughed is used for both the past form and the past participle of laugh.
Made a happy sound with the voice, often because something was funny.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
past and past participle
Treated a person or idea as silly or ridiculous, often in an unkind way.
They laughed at my suggestion.
He was laughed at by the other students.
Useful expressions
to laugh so that other people can hear you
We laughed out loud at the video.
to enjoy laughing together
We had a good laugh after dinner.
for fun, and not seriously
I only said it for laughs.