English to English

noun (n)

• contemptuous laughter(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of deriding or treating with contempt(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  ridicule
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.(noun)

  source: webster1913