揶や揄ゆ嘲ちょう笑しょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

ridicule and sneering; casting ridicule and scorn

A formal, literary compound used for the act of mocking and sneering at someone or something. Often used in written or rhetorical contexts.

• 彼かれの提てい案あんは会かい議ぎで揶や揄ゆ嘲ちょう笑しょうの的まとになった。

  His proposal became the target of ridicule and sneering at the meeting.

• その政せい治じ家かは記き者しゃたちから揶や揄ゆ嘲ちょう笑しょうされた。

  The politician was ridiculed and sneered at by the reporters.