Mockery
['mɒk(ə)rɪ] or ['mɑkəri]
Definition
(n.) The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance.
(n.) Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule.
(n.) Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.
Editor: Nat
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Ridicule, derision, scorn, jeering, contemptuous mimicry.[2]. Sport, subject of ridicule.[3]. Show, imitation, counterfeit.
Editor: Nettie
Examples
- But she recognised too well, in her spirit, the mockery of her own impulses. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You are guilty of mockery. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mockery is justified in the case of Don Faustino,' the other said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was a melancholy reflection; and in spite of the diminution of evil produced, it struck on the heart as a wretched mockery. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Men have oftener suffered from, the mockery of a place too smiling for their reason than from the oppression of surroundings oversadly tinged. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He said this in his most gay, yet benevolent manner, and smiled, not disdainfully, but in playful mockery of himself. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It rung on my ears long and heavily; the mountains re-echoed it, and I felt as if all hell surrounded me with mockery and laughter. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- What a mockery! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The mockery of Aristophanes broke out (427 B.C.) only when the days of great tragedy and sculpture and building were drawing to a close. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Still her voice rang on like a bell, tinged with a tone of mockery. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There was more laughter and lowered voices and mockery at the table. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mr. Bruff had his parting word of mockery for me, before he too hurried out, in his turn. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She completed the hollow mockery of that address by blowing me a kiss--and so left the room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- One feels that, she cried, missing the mockery. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- There was a little money left, but to Mrs. Bart it seemed worse than nothing--the mere mockery of what she was entitled to. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- When they are alone, my Lady waves her hand to dispense with such mockeries. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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