嘲笑(ちょうしょう)

ちょうしょう
noun
derision; scorn; ridicule
formalemotioncommunication
1. derision; scornful laughter; ridicule
Contemptuous or mocking laughter directed at someone or something.
嘲笑(ちょうしょう)を浴(あ)びた。
I was showered with scornful laughter.
彼(かれ)の失敗(しっぱい)を嘲笑(ちょうしょう)するのはよくない。
It's not good to mock his failure.
周囲(しゅうい)からの嘲笑(ちょうしょう)にも負(ま)けず、夢(ゆめ)を追(お)い続(つづ)けた。
Despite the ridicule from those around me, I kept pursuing my dream.

Common collocations

  • 嘲笑(ちょうしょう)する: to laugh scornfully at
  • 嘲笑(ちょうしょう)を浴(あ)びる: to be met with ridicule
  • 嘲笑(ちょうしょう)の的(まと): a target of ridicule

Similar words

  • 揶揄(やゆ): mockery in words, often through irony or a nickname. 嘲笑(ちょうしょう) is contempt expressed by laughing.
  • 嘲(あざけ)る: to mock, to jeer; the native verb, also literary.

Watch out

  • The same kanji written with okurigana, 嘲笑(あざわら)う, is read あざわらう (to laugh scornfully at), not ちょうしょうう.

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Related Words

Synonym: 揶揄(やゆ) (mockery, teasing)
Compare: 嘲(あざけ)る (to mock, to jeer)
Compare: 冷笑(れいしょう) (sneer, scornful smile, derision)
Compare: 小馬鹿(こばか)にする (to make fun of)
Compare: 嘲弄(ちょうろう)する (to mock)
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Added 2026.1.31 8:01 · Revised 2026.9.30 1:25
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