mockery
English
/ˈmɒkəɹi/, /ˈmɑkəɹi/
noun
Definitions
- The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
- Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
- (obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
- Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.
Etymology
Suffix from English mock (imitation, ridicule).
Origin
English
mock
Gloss
imitation, ridicule