noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
sneer; derision; scornful laugh
Obsolete term for a cold, mocking laugh or sneer. In modern Japanese, 嘲笑 (ちょうしょう) or 冷笑 (れいしょう) are more common.
彼の失敗を冷嘲するような目つきだった。
He gave a look that seemed to sneer at my failure.
Compound of 冷 (cold) and 嘲 (ridicule, sneer). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is an obsolete Sino-Japanese word.