ridicule, mock, deride

humorously, as a joke, in jest

dismiss with a joke, laugh something off

laugh a matter off

laughing in a pleasant way, some one's smile to be agreeable

jest, ridicule, public ridicule, easy talk

it is better to weep in season than to laugh out of season

to disdain, reproach, scorn, spurn, mock, insult

to laugh something off, to fend off something while laughing

gladly, happily

consider (something) a joke or regard easy