осмеивать

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Verb

осме́ивать (osméivatʹimpf (perfective осмея́ть)

  1. to ridicule, to scoff
    Synonym: высме́ивать (vysméivatʹ)
    • 1936, Андрей Платонов , chapter 9, in Счастливая Москва; English translation from Robert and Elizabeth Chandler, transl., Happy Moscow, London: Harvill Press, 2001:
      Москва́ насто́лько интересова́лась происходя́щим на све́те, что встава́ла носка́ми ту́фель на вы́ступы фунда́мента и засма́тривалась внутрь кварти́р, пока́ её не осме́ивали прохо́жие.
      Moskvá nastólʹko interesoválasʹ proisxodjáščim na svéte, što vstavála noskámi túfelʹ na výstupy fundámenta i zasmátrivalasʹ vnutrʹ kvartír, poká jejó ne osméivali proxóžije.
      Moscow was so interested by all that was happening in the world that she stood on tiptoe on the ledges above the buildings’ foundations and gazed into people’s rooms until passers-by began to laugh at her.

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