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scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
彼は友人を嘲笑した。
He ridiculed his friend.
彼の新しい発明は嘲笑された。
His new invention was ridiculed.
その政治家は国民の厳しい嘲笑の的になった。
That politician became the target of severe public derision.