laughed at

Many mocked and laughed at the strategy, describing it as a function of his ego and narcissism.

"If you had told me 10 years ago, that I would be in this position, I would probably have laughed at you," City and Jamaica striker Shaw told BBC Sport.

“He really, truly laughed at this regime and at Vladimir Putin. That's why Vladimir Putin hated him so much”.

James Carville is one of the few people who recognize this and was laughed at in some circles for saying it recently.

And, famously, when journalist E. Jean Carroll laughed at him, however gently, he flipped out and violently assaulted her in a department store dressing room.