mockery
Plural: mockeries
Noun
- Ridicule or derision; an absurd or laughable imitation.
- showing your contempt by derision
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- humorous or satirical mimicry
- 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.
Examples
- His attempt at playing "XEROXING" turned into a MOCKERY when challenged.
- The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Byzantine Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic مَكْر (makr, “scheme, plot”). Equivalent to mock + -ery.
Synonyms
burlesque, charade, jeer, jeering, lampoon, parody, pasquinade, put-on, scoff, scoffing, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty
Scrabble Score: 18
mockery: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmockery: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mockery: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary