Definition

1. Verb:
   • To mock; to ridicule: To speak about or treat someone or something with contemptuous mirth or scorn, often by imitating or making fun of their actions, words, or characteristics.
   • To jeer at; to sneer at: To express derision or scorn in a loud, insulting manner.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đám đông nhạo cậu bé vì câu trả lời sai. (The crowd mocked the boy for his wrong answer.)
  • Đừng nhạo người khác. (Don't mock others.)
  • Họ nhạo báng những tập tục cổ xưa. (They jeered at the ancient customs.)

Advanced Usage

• "nhạo báng": This is a more formal and stronger compound verb meaning to deride, to scorn, or to scoff at. It implies a deeper level of contempt.
  • Bài báo đó nhạo báng các chính trị gia một cách tàn nhẫn. (That article scathingly derided the politicians.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cười nhạo (v): To laugh mockingly, to sneer.
  • Tiếng cười nhạo vang lên từ phía sau. (A mocking laugh rang out from the back.)

Synonyms

• Mock: To tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.
• Ridicule: To subject someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior.
• Jeer: To make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.
• Scoff: To speak about someone or something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.

Related Idioms

• Làm trò cười cho thiên hạ / Làm trò nhạo báng: To become a laughingstock; to be an object of ridicule for everyone.
  • Hành động của anh ta khiến anh ta trở thành trò nhạo báng. (His actions made him a laughingstock.)

verb

1. to laugh at;to mock; to jeer at