make light of

make light of

English

Verb

make light of

1. (idiomatic) To regard without due seriousness; to joke about or disregard inappropriately.

   I wish you wouldn't make light of the matter, when it obviously means a great deal to him.

   • 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC‎:

     It was also a satisfying night for England coach Capello. Not only did he have a vital victory to celebrate, but his team selection was fully justified as Cahill gave an almost flawless performance in defence and Scott Parker's display made light of the surprising exclusion of Frank Lampard.

Synonyms

• take lightly

Translations

regard without due seriousness

Arabic: اِسْتَخَفَّ‎ (istaḵaffa), اِسْتَهَانَ‎ (istahāna) Chinese: Mandarin: 輕視 (zh), 轻视 (zh) (qīngshì), 無視 (zh), 无视 (zh) (wúshì) Faroese: fara lættliga um Finnish: suhtautua kevyesti French: prendre à la légère German: nicht allzu ernst nehmen, sich nicht viel machen aus, auf die leichte Schulter nehmen (de) Italian: infischiarsene, minimizzare

Japanese: 侮る (ja) (anadoru), 舐める (ja) (nameru) Norwegian: Bokmål: ta lett på Persian: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: minimizar (es), restar importancia, frivolizar (es) Swedish: ta lätt på