Mockery - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmɑːkərɪ|
Brit.
|ˈmɒk(ə)rɪ|
noun
- showing your contempt by derision (syn: jeer, scoff, scoffing)
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way (syn: burlesque, lampoon, parody, pasquinade, send-up, spoof, takeoff, travesty)
- humorous or satirical mimicry (syn: parody, takeoff)
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way (syn: burlesque, lampoon, parody, pasquinade, send-up, spoof, takeoff, travesty)
- humorous or satirical mimicry (syn: parody, takeoff)
Extra examples
His kind of personality invites mockery.
He calls me "Mrs. Prudence" in mockery.
We became the mockery of the foe.
He went through the mockery of a trial.
In her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was mockery.
There was a hint of mockery in his voice.
She said that the trial had been a mockery.
His mockery frightened her and cut her to the bone.
This building plan makes a mockery of the government's environmental policy.
There was mockery now in those piercing blue eyes.
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