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mockery

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mock·er·y  (mk-r)
n. pl. mock·er·ies
1. Scornfully contemptuous ridicule; derision.
2. A specific act of ridicule or derision.
3. An object of scorn or ridicule: made a mockery of the rules.
4. A false, derisive, or impudent imitation: The trial was a mockery of justice.
5. Something ludicrously futile or unsuitable: The few packages of food seemed a mockery in the face of such enormous destitution.

mockery
Noun
pl -eries
1. ridicule, contempt, or derision
2. a person, thing, or action that is so worthless that it seems like a parody: the interview was a mockery from start to finish
3. make a mockery of something to make something appear worthless or foolish: the judge's decision makes a mockery of the law
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mockerymockery - showing your contempt by derision
derision - contemptuous laughter
2.mockerymockery - a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
caricature, impersonation, imitation - a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
3.mockery - humorous or satirical mimicry
apery, mimicry - the act of mimicking; imitative behavior

mockery
noun 2. farce, laughing stock, joke, apology (informal) letdown
Translations
Spanish mockery [ˈmɔkərɪ] nburla;
to make a mockery of → desprestigiar

French mockery [ˈmɔkərɪ] mock nmoquerie f, raillerie f;
to make a mockery of → ridiculiser, tourner en dérision

German mockery [ˈmɔkərɪ] mock nSpott m;
to make a mockery of sb mock → jdn zum Gespött machen;
to make a mockery of sth → etw zur Farce machen

Italian mockery [ˈmɔkərɪ] nderisione f;
to make a mockery of → rendere ridicolo

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, so soon retracted, had been nothing but a mockery; a mockery like his crown -- like his scepter -- like his friends -- like all that had surrounded his royal childhood, and which had abandoned his proscribed youth.
bitter, biting mockery of grey hairs, have I lived enough joy to wear ye; and seem and feel thus intolerably old?
There we sat, on our tall scaffold, the butt of the hate and mockery of all those enemies.
 
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