mockery
/ˈmɒkəɹi/
Misollar
- Mockery is the food of fools.
- This is a mockery of justice.
- He made a mockery of my idea.
- He got hundreds of anonymous letters in mockery.
- It is important to distinguish mockery from laughing.
- How did you become such an object of mockery?
ot noun
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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.
- The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
- Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
- Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.