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Mockery

Mockery Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mockery? [n] humorous or satirical mimicry [n] showing your contempt by derision [n] a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mockery: burlesque \| charade \| jeer \| jeering \| lampoon \| parody \| parody \| pasquinade \| put-on \| scoff \| scoffing \| sendup \| spoof \| takeoff \| takeoff \| travesty Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mockery: a continental \| a curse \| a damn \| a darn \| a hoot \| absurdity \| abuse \| affront \| aggressive mimicry \| apery \| aspersion \| atrocity \| bagatelle \| banter \| bauble \| bean \| bibelot \| bit \| booing \| brass farthing \| brickbat \| burlesque \| butt \| button \| byword \| byword of reproach \| caricature \| casuistry \| catcalling \| cent \| chaffing \| contempt \| contumely \| crossed fingers \| cryptic mimicry \| curio \| cut \| decrial \| derision \| despite \| disappointment \| disdain \| disingenuousness \| disparagement \| dump \| dupe \| emptiness \| enormity \| fair game \| farce \| farthing \| feather \| fig \| figure of fun \| fleabite \| fleering \| flippancy \| flout \| flouting \| folderol \| fool \| fooling \| fribble \| frippery \| game \| gaud \| gazingstock \| gewgaw \| gibe \| gimcrack \| goat \| grinning \| hair \| halfpenny \| hill of beans \| hissing \| hollow mockery \| hollowness \| hooting \| humiliation \| imitation \| impersonation \| indignity \| injury \| insincerity \| insult \| jeer \| jeering \| jest \| jester \| jestingstock \| jesuitry \| joke \| joshing \| kickshaw \| knickknack \| knickknackery \| lampoon \| laugh \| laughingstock \| leering \| levity \| mimicry \| minikin \| miscarriage \| mock \| molehill \| monkey \| offense \| outrage \| panning \| parody \| parrotry \| pasquinade \| pastiche \| peppercorn \| picayune \| pilgarlic \| pin \| pinch of snuff \| pinprick \| playing possum \| protective coloration \| put-down \| ragging \| raillery \| rallying \| rap \| razzing \| red cent \| ridicule \| roasting \| row of pins \| rush \| satire \| scoff \| scoffing \| scorn \| scurrility \| semblance \| sham \| shit \| smart-aleckiness \| smartness \| smirking \| snap \| sneering \| sneeshing \| snickering \| sniggering \| snorting \| sophistry \| sou \| spoof \| sport \| squib \| stock \| straw \| synaposematic mimicry \| takeoff \| take-off \| target \| taunt \| taunting \| tongue in cheek \| toy \| travesty \| trifle \| trinket \| triviality \| tuppence \| twitting \| two cents \| twopence \| uncandidness \| uncandor \| uncomplimentary remark \| unfrankness \| victim \| whim-wham \| wicked imitation See Also \| apery \| caricature \| derision \| imitation \| impersonation \| mimicry Mockery In Webster's Dictionary \Mock"er*y\, n.; pl. {Mockeries}. [F. moquerie.] 1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance. It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery. --Shak. Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to look more like a mockery upon devotion than any solemn application of the mind to God. --Law. And bear about the mockery of woe. --Pope. 2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule. The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. --Spenser. 3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport. The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery. --2 Macc. viii. 17.

Mockery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mockery?

[n] humorous or satirical mimicry
[n] showing your contempt by derision
[n] a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way

Mockery In Webster's Dictionary

\Mock"er*y\, n.; pl. {Mockeries}. [F. moquerie.]
1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by
   mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of
   earnestness; a counterfeit appearance.

         It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows
         malicious mockery.                    --Shak.

         Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to
         look more like a mockery upon devotion than any
         solemn application of the mind to God. --Law.

         And bear about the mockery of woe.    --Pope.

2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous
   merriment; derision; ridicule.

         The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. --Spenser.

3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.

         The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a
         mockery.                              --2 Macc.
                                               viii. 17.

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