嗤し笑しょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

sneer; derisive laugh

A literary or formal term for a scornful laugh or sneer; rarely used in everyday speech. Often encountered in written narratives or older texts.

• 彼かれは相あい手ての失しっ敗ぱいを嗤し笑しょうした。

  He sneered at his opponent's mistake.

• その小しょう説せつには、社しゃ会かいを嗤し笑しょうするような場ば面めんが多おおく描えがかれている。

  The novel contains many scenes that seem to sneer at society.