'Mockery' definitions:

Definition of 'mockery'

(from WordNet)
noun
Showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing]
noun
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on]
noun
Humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: parody, mockery, takeoff]

Definition of 'Mockery'

From: GCIDE
  • Mockery \Mock"er*y\, n.; pl. Mockeries. [F. moquerie.]
  • 1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance. [1913 Webster]
  • It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to look more like a mockery upon devotion than any solemn application of the mind to God. --Law. [1913 Webster]
  • And bear about the mockery of woe. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule. [1913 Webster]
  • The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport. [1913 Webster]
  • The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery. --2 Macc. viii. 17. [1913 Webster]

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