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[ mok-uh-ree ] / ˈmɒk ə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mockery ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural mock·er·ies.ridicule, contempt, or derision. a derisive, imitative action or speech. a subject or occasion of derision. an imitation, especially of a ridiculous or unsatisfactory kind. a mocking pretense; travesty: a mockery of justice. something absurdly or offensively inadequate or unfitting. Origin of mockery1400–50; late Middle English moquerie<Middle French. See mock, -ery SYNONYMS FOR mockerySEE SYNONYMS FOR mockery ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM mockeryself-mock·er·y, nounWords nearby mockerymock chicken, mock epic, mocker, mockernut, mockers, mockery, mock-heroic, mockingbird, mock moon, mockney, mock orange Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mockeryThe mockery comes from a place unburdened by history and untouched by the present. What Would Happen if I Got in White Cop’s Face?|Goldie Taylor|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Our mockery of celebworld helps us evade the soul-crushing decadence concealed within. Pyongyang Shuffle: Hollywood In Dead Panic Over Sony Hack|James Poulos|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Martyrdom, in this context, being defined as “mockery, slander, ostracism.” ‘Persecuted’ Is the Christian Right’s Paranoid Wet Dream|Candida Moss|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST But this delightful book has much more than mockery on its mind. Newsweek Takedown From Beyond the Grave: Michael Hastings’s Fiction Tells the Truth|Christopher Dickey|June 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I detected some mockery, the mockery of infidels, but I did not care. Why Americans Should Love the World Cup|Sean Wilsey|June 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST What a mockery Elijah's translation seems, upon that theory! The brigantine had indeed showed a light, as if in mockery of the attempt of the royal cruiser. The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas|James Fenimore Cooper Starcad's loathing for a smith recalls the mockery with which the Homeric gods treat Hephaistos. The Danish History, Books I-IX|Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned") There was mockery in the depths of her eyes, but the scarlet lips arched in a not unkindly smile. A Volunteer with Pike|Robert Ames Bennet It was an opening for mockery and good-natured raillery, but she did not make use of it.
British Dictionary definitions for mockery
noun plural -eriesridicule, contempt, or derision a derisive action or comment an imitation or pretence, esp a derisive one a person or thing that is mocked a person, thing, or action that is inadequate or disappointing Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mockeryfarce, travesty, sham, scorn, derision, ridicule, contempt, disdain, caricature, deception, burlesque, lampoon, sport, imitation, jest, butt, laughingstock, spoof, mimicry, pretense |