mockery
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mockery
- /ˈmɒkəɹi/ UK
- /ˈmɑkəɹi/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Medieval Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic مَكْر (makr, “scheme, plot”). Equivalent to mock + -ery.
noun mockeries
- The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
- Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
- Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
- Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum. The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: jeering, jeer, lampoon, travesty, pasquinade, sendup, parody, spoof, scoff, scoffing, burlesque, charade, takeoff, ridicule, mocking, prank
Translations
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noun action of mocking; ridicule, derision
| Español | mote, mofa, pitorreo, ludibrio |
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| हिन्दी | उपहास uphās, खिल्ली khillī |
| Português | escárnio, zombaria |
| Deutsch | Verspottung, Verhöhnung |
| Italiano | derisione, scherno |
| Ελληνικά | χλευασμός chlevasmós |
| Română | derâdere, batjocură, bășcălie |
| العربية | اِسْتِهْزَاء istihzāʔ |
noun something to inspire ridicule
| Deutsch | Gespött, Lachnummer |
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