嘲笑

Verb

 * 1)  to laugh at; to deride; to jeer; to mock; to ridicule

Etymology
→ * → →

Ultimately from. First attested in Japanese in a work from 1794.

Also analyzable as a shift in reading from the native-Japanese derived kun'yomi to the Chinese-derived on'yomi, of the largely homographic native Japanese synonyms or.

Noun

 * 1)  a sneer
 * 2)  ridicule

Verb

 * 1)  to sneer at something
 * 2)  to ridicule something