mockery
noun pl. mockeries
- a mocking (in various senses)
- a person or thing receiving or deserving ridicule
- a false, derisive, or impertinent imitation; travesty; burlesque
- vain or disappointing effort; futility
See mockery in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(mŏkˈə-rē)
noun pl. mock·er·ies - Scornfully contemptuous ridicule; derision.
- A specific act of ridicule or derision.
- An object of scorn or ridicule: made a mockery of the rules.
- A false, derisive, or impudent imitation: The trial was a mockery of justice.
- Something ludicrously futile or unsuitable: The few packages of food seemed a mockery in the face of such enormous destitution.
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