嘲笑う — meaning in English

English meaning

• deride verb To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
• laugh verb To make the sound and facial movements that show amusement or delight.
• ridicule verb To mock or make fun of someone or something in a scornful way.

Senses

嘲笑う is used for these senses in English:

• deride (transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
• laugh (intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
• make fun of (idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.
• ridicule (transitive) To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.

deride — full definition

1. verb To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
2. verb To laugh in a harshly mocking manner.

laugh — full definition

1. verb To make the sound and facial movements that show amusement or delight.
2. noun The act or sound of laughing.
3. noun Something that causes amusement; a source of fun.

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