嘲あざける

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嘲る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	嘲あざける	嘲あざけらない
Polite	嘲あざけります	嘲あざけりません
Past polite	嘲あざけりました	嘲あざけりませんでした
Past	嘲あざけった	嘲あざけらなかった
Te-form	嘲あざけって	嘲あざけらないで
Desire	嘲あざけりたい	嘲あざけりたくない
Potential	嘲あざけれる	嘲あざけれない
Passive	嘲あざけられる	嘲あざけられない
Causative	嘲あざけらせる	嘲あざけらせない
Causative passive	嘲あざけらせられるalso 嘲あざけらされる	嘲あざけらせられないalso 嘲あざけらされない
Volitional	嘲あざけろう
Polite volitional	嘲あざけりましょう
Imperative	嘲あざけれ	嘲あざけるな
Conditional	嘲あざければ	嘲あざけらなければ
Tara conditional	嘲あざけったら	嘲あざけらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

ridicule; mock; scoff at; jeer at

A transitive verb meaning to laugh at someone or something with contempt. It is stronger and more malicious than casual teasing, and is often used in written or serious contexts.

人ひとの失しっ敗ぱいを嘲あざけるのはよくない。
It is wrong to ridicule other people's failures.
彼かれは相あい手ての意い見けんを嘲あざけるように笑わらった。
He laughed as if mocking the other person's opinion.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を嘲あざけるto mock/ridicule someone
彼かれは失しっ敗ぱいした同どう僚りょうを嘲あざけった。
He mocked his colleague who had failed.
〈人ひと〉の〈事こと〉を嘲あざけるto ridicule someone's (mistake, weakness, etc.)
観かん客きゃくは選せん手しゅのミスを嘲あざけった。
The spectators jeered at the player's mistake.
嘲あざけるような〈事こと〉a mocking (tone, smile, remark, etc.)
彼かの女じょは嘲あざけるような口く調ちょうで答こたえた。
She answered in a mocking tone.

Kanji

嘲ridicule, insult

Related words

からかうN2
からかう can be playful teasing, whereas 嘲る always carries contempt or scorn.
馬ば鹿かにするN2
ばかにする is a common everyday way to say someone is looked down on, while 嘲る is more literary and sharper in its scorn.
冷れい笑しょう
冷笑する focuses on a cold, sneering laugh, while 嘲る covers mocking words or actions more broadly.
侮あなどるN1
侮る means to underestimate or despise someone without necessarily mocking them aloud, while 嘲る specifically involves scornful ridicule.
嘲笑あざわらうN1
嘲る and 嘲笑う both mean to mock someone with scorn, but 嘲る can describe a sneering attitude in words alone, while 嘲笑う specifically implies scornful laughter.

Opposites

称しょう賛さん
称賛する means to praise someone, the opposite reaction to 嘲る's scornful mockery.

Don't confuse with

欺あざむくN1
欺く sounds similar and shares a kanji radical with 嘲る but means to deceive, not to mock.

Word family

嘲あざけり
ridicule; scorn; mockery
嘲あざけり笑わらう
laugh scornfully at; scoff at

Written forms

嘲あざけるUsage63%
Standard kanji spelling for あざける; this form is high priority.
あざけるUsage31%
嘲あざけるUsage6%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not recommended for ordinary writing.

Etymology

A native Japanese verb conventionally written with 嘲, a kanji associated with mocking or ridicule. The exact historical derivation of あざける is uncertain.