make light of's Usage Examples:

episode on December 24, 2009, and for subsequent actions that appeared to make light of this episode.

where he would play original characters, impersonate celebrities and make light of popular culture.

At E3 2003, in order to make light of an extended downtime the site was experiencing, staffers in attendance.

cutting ties with him, and commissioned a virtual reality game meant to make light of the rumors and convince players that those events were completely fictitious.

Aarne–Thompson–Uther type 20C, which includes international examples of folktales that make light of paranoia and mass hysteria.

musician, record producer, and actor who is known for humorous songs that make light of pop culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musical.

Cup: Smith's strike brings Arsenal European glory: Battling Londoners make light of the loss of Wright and Jensen".

The humor is occasionally self-parodying where the author may make light of his own experiences, and it is frequently cynical on the topic of love.

in honor of TBS's first national championship game broadcast, and to make light of the concerns regarding its use by the network, analyst Charles Barkley.

plan for a 'synchronized break,' which was in no way an attempt to make light of troop efforts.

" Welles sought to make light of some of the more negative reviews.

"Rogan can make light of 'NewsRadio' demise".

Professor Amin, on hearing his death, "but also for his ability to make light of situations, his humanity, breadth and kindness.

"Oxford make light of scale story".

and McMahon used pauses after terrible puns and audience groans to make light of Carson's lack of comic success ("Carnac must be used to quiet surroundings").

"Greeks turn to comedy to make light of their economic tragedies".

Castle and younger colleague Davis make light of the resulting inquiry, but when Davis is accused on circumstantial evidence.

Southgate managed to make light of his blunder later that year by appearing in an advert for Pizza Hut.

Synonyms:

corona; counterglow; candle flame; glowing; lamplight; sunlight; firelight; friar's lantern; radiance; moonshine; sunshine; electromagnetic spectrum; gaslight; torchlight; actinic radiation; scintillation; daylight; ray; ignis fatuus; fluorescence; streamer; starlight; glow; incandescence; shaft of light; will-o'-the-wisp; shaft; beam of light; irradiation; half-light; sun; light beam; visible radiation; jack-o'-lantern; visible light; meteor; shooting star; moonlight; candlelight; Moon; twilight; luminescence; actinic ray; gegenschein; beam; ray of light;

Antonyms:

dead; inanimateness; dysphemism; euphemism; misconstruction;