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   mockery

   /ˈmɒk(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. teasing and contemptuous language or behaviour directed at a particular person or thing: "stung by her mockery, Frankie hung his head" Similar ridiculederisionjeeringsneeringcontemptscornscoffingjokingteasingtauntingsarcasmraggingchaffingjibingchiackinginformal:kiddingkidologyribbingjoshingwinding uptaking the mickeyvulgar slang:taking the pissinformal:goofingrazzing
   • ▪ an absurd misrepresentation or imitation of something: "after a mockery of a trial in London, he was executed" Similar travestycharadefarceparodylaughing stockcaricaturelampoonburlesqueapologyexcusepoor substitute
   • ▪ ludicrously futile action: "in her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was mockery"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French moquerie, from mocquer ‘to deride’.

   Scrabble Points: 18

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