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.

嘲笑(ちょうしょう) refers to contemptuous, mocking laughter directed at someone. It is a する noun: 嘲笑(ちょうしょう)する (to deride, to scorn).

Forms

嘲(ちょう) (mock, ridicule) + 笑(しょう) (laugh)

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 嘲笑(ちょうしょう): mocking laughter (emphasizes laughter)
  • 揶揄(やゆ): verbal mockery, teasing (emphasizes words)
  • 嘲(あざけ)る: to mock, to jeer (native Japanese verb)

Register

Formal/literary. In casual speech, 馬鹿(ばか)にする or 笑(わら)い者(もの)にする is more common.

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 2026.9.2 13:01
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