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mockery |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. It is as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery. --Shak. 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. And bear about the mockery of woe. --Pope. 2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule. The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. --Spenser. 3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport. The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery. --2 Macc. viii. 17. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mockery n 1: showing your contempt by derision [syn: {jeer}, {jeering}, {scoff}, {scoffing}] 2: a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way [syn: {parody}, {lampoon}, {spoof}, {sendup}, {takeoff}, {burlesque}, {travesty}, {charade}, {pasquinade}] 3: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: {parody}, {takeoff}]
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