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Definition of mockery in English: mockerynounPlural mockeries ˈmɒk(ə)riˈmɑk(ə)ri mass noun1Teasing and contemptuous language or behaviour directed at a particular person or thing. stung by her mockery, Frankie hung his head 被她的嘲笑刺痛，弗朗基垂下了头。 Example sentencesExamples - Anything's open for ridicule or criticism or mockery.
- With greetings of hope and yet of sarcastic mockery the crowd cheered his emerging form.
- 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.
- It is an anarchic art, rooted in mockery, a ridiculous gesture towards the absurdity of the established order.
- For all groups to be subject to open criticism, including mockery and ridicule, has been a great leveller.
- A few words of mockery and sarcasm might have slipped, but generally, we were certainly not arch rivals.
- I don't agree with you and therefore I'm only worthy of your derision and mockery.
- 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.
- Debate the guy, denounce him, subject him to ridicule and mockery at every opportunity.
- He first tried mockery as he called the characterization ‘the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in my life.’
- His tone held a hint of mockery and sarcasm when he addressed her as young lady.
- Defiant in the faces of her demons, she snarled at their smiles and laughter; glared at their mockery and ridicule.
- More straightforwardly aggressive 12 months ago, yesterday he mixed contempt with pitying mockery.
- Open sarcasm and mockery entered his voice.
- 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.
- ‘Too right,’ said Tina, who was the only girl in their year who took politics and inevitably bore the brunt of the boys' mockery and teasing.
- 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.
- His voice was absolutely sincere, with no mockery or sarcasm even hinted.
- The more discussion-worthy point, however, is the use of humor as a political weapon - mockery, derision, diminishment.
Synonyms ridicule, derision, jeering, sneering, contempt, scorn, scoffing, joking, teasing, taunting, sarcasm, ragging, chaffing, jibing Australian/New Zealand chiacking informal kidding, kidology, ribbing, joshing British informal winding up taking the mickey British vulgar slang taking the piss North American informal goofing, razzing - 1.1in singular An absurd misrepresentation or imitation of something.
恶劣的假冒，歪曲 after a mockery of a trial in London, he was executed 在伦敦的荒唐假审后，他被处决了。 Example sentencesExamples - 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.
- More recently the hotel descended into a mockery of its former self, snobbish for snobbery's sake, until rescued in 1995.
- The United States ambassador said the demonstrations were a mockery of the right of protest and freedom of assembly.
- 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.
- To conclude, the April 30th referendum is a mockery of democracy and an encore of long-established patterns of political deceit in this country.
- 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.
- The Labour MP has branded the fines dolled out for breach of disability laws as a mockery of the government's zero tolerance policy.
- This dangerous double standard makes a sham and a mockery of the justice system.
- 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.
- To call that a ‘free choice’ is a mockery of language.
- 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.
- You undermine minimal democracy itself, and are left with a mockery of political rights.
- 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’.
- 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.
- ‘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.
Synonyms travesty, charade, farce, parody, laughing stock, caricature, lampoon, burlesque, apology, excuse, poor substitute - 1.2archaic Ludicrously futile action.
〈古〉可笑的无效行动 in her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was mockery 痛苦时，她感到一切欢庆都是可笑无用的。
PhrasesMake (something) seem foolish or absurd. 嘲弄，使显愚蠢；使显荒唐 new technology is making a mockery of our outdated laws Example sentencesExamples - 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.
- It's all too often clumsy, insincere and inappropriate, making a mockery of otherwise noble values.
- That would be absurd and make a mockery of the entire project (as well as rendering all other results from it unreliable).
- An immediate departure by the Dutchman would have made a mockery of all that had been constructed in his name.
- This will make a mockery of all the years of consultation and campaigning by so many local people.
- To do so makes a mockery of what the playoffs should be all about.
- He was making a mockery of how our society works and our expectations.
- What has happened makes a mockery of what this Committee is considering today.
- Indeed, to suggest otherwise is to make a mockery of true individual liberty.
- To express any form of sympathy for them makes a mockery of what I feel for their victims.
- 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.
- You would make a mockery of out if our family name!
- 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.
- 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.
- The traditions of the game were made a mockery of.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French moquerie, from mocquer 'to deride'. Definition of mockery in US English: mockerynounˈmäk(ə)rēˈmɑk(ə)ri 1Teasing and contemptuous language or behavior directed at a particular person or thing. stung by her mockery, Frankie hung his head 被她的嘲笑刺痛，弗朗基垂下了头。 Example sentencesExamples - With greetings of hope and yet of sarcastic mockery the crowd cheered his emerging form.
- 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?
- The more discussion-worthy point, however, is the use of humor as a political weapon - mockery, derision, diminishment.
- I don't agree with you and therefore I'm only worthy of your derision and mockery.
- Open sarcasm and mockery entered his voice.
- Defiant in the faces of her demons, she snarled at their smiles and laughter; glared at their mockery and ridicule.
- Anything's open for ridicule or criticism or mockery.
- 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.
- 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.
- It is an anarchic art, rooted in mockery, a ridiculous gesture towards the absurdity of the established order.
- Debate the guy, denounce him, subject him to ridicule and mockery at every opportunity.
- ‘Too right,’ said Tina, who was the only girl in their year who took politics and inevitably bore the brunt of the boys' mockery and teasing.
- For the first time, it seemed, there was no mockery or teasing in George's voice.
- For all groups to be subject to open criticism, including mockery and ridicule, has been a great leveller.
- His voice was absolutely sincere, with no mockery or sarcasm even hinted.
- He first tried mockery as he called the characterization ‘the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in my life.’
- His tone held a hint of mockery and sarcasm when he addressed her as young lady.
- More straightforwardly aggressive 12 months ago, yesterday he mixed contempt with pitying mockery.
- 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.
Synonyms ridicule, derision, jeering, sneering, contempt, scorn, scoffing, joking, teasing, taunting, sarcasm, ragging, chaffing, jibing - 1.1in singular An absurd misrepresentation or imitation of something.
恶劣的假冒，歪曲 after a mockery of a trial in London, he was executed 在伦敦的荒唐假审后，他被处决了。 Example sentencesExamples - 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.
- To conclude, the April 30th referendum is a mockery of democracy and an encore of long-established patterns of political deceit in this country.
- 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.
- 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.
- This dangerous double standard makes a sham and a mockery of the justice system.
- 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.
- To call that a ‘free choice’ is a mockery of language.
- 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 Labour MP has branded the fines dolled out for breach of disability laws as a mockery of the government's zero tolerance policy.
- You undermine minimal democracy itself, and are left with a mockery of political rights.
- It's a mockery of the game to play it in forcibly sanitized conditions.
- Is it an important step towards reconciliation or a mockery of democracy?
- Then, in a mockery of the political process, they set up a polling centre amongst the ruins and called it democracy.
- ‘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 United States ambassador said the demonstrations were a mockery of the right of protest and freedom of assembly.
- 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.
- This is of course not a fair and open practice and a mockery of the ‘people's parliament’.
Synonyms travesty, charade, farce, parody, laughing stock, caricature, lampoon, burlesque, apology, excuse, poor substitute - 1.2archaic Ludicrously futile action.
〈古〉可笑的无效行动 in her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was mockery 痛苦时，她感到一切欢庆都是可笑无用的。
PhrasesMake (something) seem foolish or absurd. 嘲弄，使显愚蠢；使显荒唐 new technology is making a mockery of our outdated laws Example sentencesExamples - That would be absurd and make a mockery of the entire project (as well as rendering all other results from it unreliable).
- An immediate departure by the Dutchman would have made a mockery of all that had been constructed in his name.
- You would make a mockery of out if our family name!
- 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.
- 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.
- It's all too often clumsy, insincere and inappropriate, making a mockery of otherwise noble values.
- This will make a mockery of all the years of consultation and campaigning by so many local people.
- Indeed, to suggest otherwise is to make a mockery of true individual liberty.
- 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.
- He was making a mockery of how our society works and our expectations.
- 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.
- The traditions of the game were made a mockery of.
- To express any form of sympathy for them makes a mockery of what I feel for their victims.
- 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.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French moquerie, from mocquer ‘to deride’. |