Dictionary

mockery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈmɑkəɹi/ (US)
• /ˈmɒkəɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Byzantine Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic مَكْر (makr, “scheme, plot”). Equivalent to mock + -ery.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

make a mockery of · make mockery of · self-mockery

Translations (55)

ro bășcălie (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · cy gwatwar (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · tl uyam (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · non háðsemi (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · es mote (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · hu csúfolás (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · de Verhöhnung (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · hu gúnyolás (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · la dērīsiō (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · ro batjocură (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · az rişxənd (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · grc λάσθη (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · sa निद् (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · es ludibrio (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · non háð (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · hi खिल्ली (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · bg присмех (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · gl chufa (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · fi iva (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · hy ծաղր (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · ang bismer (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · es pitorreo (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · ar اِسْتِهْزَاء (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · grc κατάγελως (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · pdt Spott (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · de Gespött (something to inspire ridicule) · pt zombaria (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · gl burla (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · de Verspottung (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · gl moca (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · es mofa (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · bg насмешка (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · grc μῶκος (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · ro derâdere (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · pdt Spettarie (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · it derisione (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · de Lachnummer (something to inspire ridicule) · fa استهزا (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · el χλευασμός (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · pl kpina (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · pl szydera (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · acw تريقة (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · hi उपहास (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · cs zesměšnění (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · cs posměch (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · bg посмешище (something to inspire ridicule) · it scherno (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · pt escárnio (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · gl escarnio (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · cs výsměch (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · de Farce (imitation, a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum) · bg подигравка (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · eo mokado (action of mocking; ridicule, derision) · de Posse (imitation, a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum) · eo mokataĵo (something to inspire ridicule)