Definitions for mockery
ˈmɒk ə rimock·ery

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing(noun)

   showing your contempt by derision

2. parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on(noun)

   a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

3. parody, mockery, takeoff(noun)

   humorous or satirical mimicry

Wiktionary(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mockery(Noun)

   The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.

2. mockery(Noun)

   Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.

3. mockery(Noun)

   Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.

4. mockery(Noun)

   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.

Origin: Fropm mokerie, mokery, and mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker + -erie, perhaps from Greek μωκός - mokos, "mocker".

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Mockery(noun)

   the act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance

2. Mockery(noun)

   insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule

3. Mockery(noun)

   subject of laughter, derision, or sport

Origin: [F. moquerie.]

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mockery in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mockery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of mockery in a Sentence

1. Kim Jong:

   It made a mockery of our sovereignty.

2. Anuj Somany:

   Comedy is about making mockery of the hypocrisy of the society.

3. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir:

   This is nothing but a mockery and its aim is to deter Khaleda from politics.

4. Kedar Joshi:

   The worst mockery God can make of a moralist is that He compels him to be a solipsist.

5. David Scott:

   The house is about celebrating life and to be reminded about how precious it is! Not to make a mockery.

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