Mockery Definition

mŏkə-rē
mockeries
noun
mockeries
Scornfully contemptuous ridicule; derision.
American Heritage
A mocking (in various senses)
Webster's New World
A person or thing receiving or deserving ridicule.
Webster's New World
An object of scorn or ridicule.
Made a mockery of the rules.
American Heritage
A false, derisive, or impertinent imitation; travesty; burlesque.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Mockery

Noun

Singular:
mockery
Plural:
mockeries

Origin of Mockery

  • From Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery, and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock") + -erie (“-ery"), perhaps from Greek μωκός - mokos, "mocker".

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