насмеха́ться — meaning in English
nasmekhatsya
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English meaning
- deride verb To mock someone or something harshly and with contempt.
- flout verb To openly ignore or disobey a rule or law, showing no respect for it.
- gird verb To tie something round with a rope or cord.
- gleek noun An old card game for three players.
- jeer noun A rude comment made to make fun of someone.
- 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.
- scoff verb To speak about something with scorn or mockery, treating it as ridiculous.
- scorn verb To feel or show strong contempt for someone or something.
- taunt verb To mock or provoke someone with insulting remarks, often to get a reaction.
Senses
насмеха́ться is used for these senses in English:
- deride (transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
- flout (transitive, archaic) To scorn.
- gleek (obsolete, transitive) To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
- jeer (intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
- 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.
- pull someone's leg (idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.
- ridicule (transitive) To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.
deride — full definition
- verb To mock someone or something harshly and with contempt.
- verb To laugh at someone in an unkind, mocking way.
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