mockery

CEFRB2

/ˈmɒkəɹi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Unkind laughter or words aimed at someone or something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.

Examples

  • We've become a mockery to the whole village.

  • The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.

  2. The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.

  3. Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.

More examples

In context

  • I overheard their mockery.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Byzantine Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic مَكْر (makr, “scheme, plot”). Equivalent to mock + -ery.