Meaning of mockery in English:

mockery

Pronunciation /ˈmɒk(ə)ri/

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nounmockeries

mass noun

1Teasing and contemptuous language or behaviour directed at a particular person or thing.
‘stung by her mockery, Frankie hung his head’
- ‘Maybe I've strayed off-topic here, but I think that mockery and derision is, oddly enough, part of the stuff of taking religion seriously.’
- ‘The more discussion-worthy point, however, is the use of humor as a political weapon - mockery, derision, diminishment.’
- ‘Debate the guy, denounce him, subject him to ridicule and mockery at every opportunity.’
- ‘For all groups to be subject to open criticism, including mockery and ridicule, has been a great leveller.’
- ‘Anything's open for ridicule or criticism or mockery.’
- ‘Defiant in the faces of her demons, she snarled at their smiles and laughter; glared at their mockery and ridicule.’
- ‘I don't agree with you and therefore I'm only worthy of your derision and mockery.’
- ‘It is an anarchic art, rooted in mockery, a ridiculous gesture towards the absurdity of the established order.’
- ‘But amidst society's contempt and mockery, young people built a movement strong enough to make Congress realize the practicality of lowering the voting age.’
- ‘The part I don't get is why the really dreadful singers set themselves up for scorn and mockery - and they have to know that's what they're in for.’
- ‘More straightforwardly aggressive 12 months ago, yesterday he mixed contempt with pitying mockery.’
- ‘He first tried mockery as he called the characterization ‘the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in my life.’’
- ‘Open sarcasm and mockery entered his voice.’
- ‘His voice was absolutely sincere, with no mockery or sarcasm even hinted.’
- ‘With greetings of hope and yet of sarcastic mockery the crowd cheered his emerging form.’
- ‘His tone held a hint of mockery and sarcasm when he addressed her as young lady.’
- ‘A few words of mockery and sarcasm might have slipped, but generally, we were certainly not arch rivals.’
- ‘Was it not enough that, like the other insignia, it should be an emblem of scorn and mockery, since that was their aim?’
- ‘For the first time, it seemed, there was no mockery or teasing in George's voice.’
ridicule, derision, jeering, sneering, contempt, scorn, scoffing, joking, teasing, taunting, sarcasm, ragging, chaffing, jibing
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1. 1.1in singular An absurd misrepresentation or imitation of something.
  ‘after a mockery of a trial in London, he was executed’
  ‘It's a travesty, a mockery of our Constitutional system, and they will not rest until this hideous distortion of all that is good and decent has been ended once and for all.’
  ‘What eventually took its place was a travesty of the real thing, a mockery of the power that could raise men to heaven and give them the glimpse of God for which they gladly died.’
  ‘This dangerous double standard makes a sham and a mockery of the justice system.’
  ‘‘Any conclusion that this is about spying on residents would be a grotesque misunderstanding of the training provided and a mockery of our intentions,’ a trust director said.’
  ‘The Labour MP has branded the fines dolled out for breach of disability laws as a mockery of the government's zero tolerance policy.’
  ‘To call that a ‘free choice’ is a mockery of language.’
  ‘To conclude, the April 30th referendum is a mockery of democracy and an encore of long-established patterns of political deceit in this country.’
  ‘More recently the hotel descended into a mockery of its former self, snobbish for snobbery's sake, until rescued in 1995.’
  ‘Online petitions are a mockery of grassroots democracy.’
  ‘It would have been a mockery of the British way of life to stand by and let a man like him terrorise me on my own doorstep.’
  ‘The action by the local Council has created furore among ramblers, who say that the action was wrong and a mockery of consultation procedures laid down by law.’
  ‘The United States ambassador said the demonstrations were a mockery of the right of protest and freedom of assembly.’
  ‘Painful as it seems, and as much as we know that he's going to be found guilty, the trial can't just be a mockery of a real trial.’
  ‘Is it an important step towards reconciliation or a mockery of democracy?’
  ‘This is of course not a fair and open practice and a mockery of the ‘people's parliament’.’
  ‘It's a mockery of the game to play it in forcibly sanitized conditions.’
  ‘Then, in a mockery of the political process, they set up a polling centre amongst the ruins and called it democracy.’
  ‘You undermine minimal democracy itself, and are left with a mockery of political rights.’
  travesty, charade, farce, parody, laughing stock, caricature, lampoon, burlesque, apology, excuse, poor substitute
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2. 1.2 archaic Ludicrously futile action.
  ‘in her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was mockery’

Phrases

make a mockery of

Make (something) seem foolish or absurd.
‘new technology is making a mockery of our outdated laws’
- ‘That would be absurd and make a mockery of the entire project (as well as rendering all other results from it unreliable).’
- ‘He is making a mockery of all this in his business dealings and justifying his actions by saying he has to be competitive with the rest of the world.’
- ‘It's all too often clumsy, insincere and inappropriate, making a mockery of otherwise noble values.’
- ‘It also makes it plainly evident that some at the Town Hall have vested interests that make a mockery of what it should stand for - which is impartial service to the people of this community.’
- ‘I think any time we profess something with our lips and we don't back it up with our lives, you make a mockery of what you say you believe.’
- ‘This will make a mockery of all the years of consultation and campaigning by so many local people.’
- ‘An immediate departure by the Dutchman would have made a mockery of all that had been constructed in his name.’
- ‘He was making a mockery of how our society works and our expectations.’
- ‘I notice that your decision to send your son to a private school is embarrassing you, making a mockery of what you've said in the past about education.’
- ‘To do so makes a mockery of what the playoffs should be all about.’
- ‘What has happened makes a mockery of what this Committee is considering today.’
- ‘To express any form of sympathy for them makes a mockery of what I feel for their victims.’
- ‘You would make a mockery of out if our family name!’
- ‘Indeed, to suggest otherwise is to make a mockery of true individual liberty.’
- ‘The traditions of the game were made a mockery of.’