"mockery" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒkəɹi/ [UK], /ˈmɑkəɹi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-mockery.wav Forms: mockeries [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mokkery}} Middle English mokkery, {{der|en|xno|mokerie}} Anglo-Norman mokerie, {{der|en|frm|mocquerie}} Middle French mocquerie, {{der|en|gkm|μωκός|t=mocker}} Byzantine Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), {{suffix|en|mock|ery}} mock + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mockery (countable and uncountable, plural mockeries)
  1. The action of mocking; ridicule, derision. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (action of mocking; ridicule, derision): λάσθη (lásthē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), κατάγελως (katágelōs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), μῶκος (môkos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), اِسْتِهْزَاء (istihzāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), تريقة (taryaga) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), ծաղր (caġr) (Armenian), rişxənd (Azerbaijani), подигравка (podigravka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), насмешка (nasmeška) [feminine] (Bulgarian), присмех (prismeh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), výsměch [masculine] (Czech), zesměšnění [neuter] (Czech), posměch [masculine] (Czech), mokado (Esperanto), iva (Finnish), burla [feminine] (Galician), moca [feminine] (Galician), escarnio [masculine] (Galician), chufa [feminine] (Galician), Verspottung [feminine] (German), Verhöhnung [feminine] (German), χλευασμός (chlevasmós) [masculine] (Greek), csúfolás (Hungarian), gúnyolás (Hungarian), derisione [feminine] (Italian), scherno [masculine] (Italian), dērīsiō [feminine] (Latin), bismer [neuter] (Old English), háð (Old Norse), háðsemi (Old Norse), استهزا (estehzâ) (Persian), Spott [masculine] (Plautdietsch), Spettarie [feminine] (Plautdietsch), kpina [feminine] (Polish), szydera [feminine] (Polish), escárnio [masculine] (Portuguese), zombaria [feminine] (Portuguese), derâdere [feminine] (Romanian), batjocură [feminine] (Romanian), bășcălie [feminine] (Romanian), निद् (nid) [feminine] (Sanskrit), mote [masculine] (Spanish), mofa (Spanish), pitorreo (Spanish), ludibrio [formal] (Spanish), uyam (Tagalog), gwatwar (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-mockery-en-noun-TPKLiIb8 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 12 24 35 30 Disambiguation of 'action of mocking; ridicule, derision': 87 9 2 2
  2. Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something to inspire ridicule): посмешище (posmešište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Gespött [neuter] (German), Lachnummer [colloquial, feminine] (German)
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  3. (obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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  4. Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (imitation, a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum): Farce [feminine] (German), Posse [feminine] (German)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: make a mockery of, self-mockery

Inflected forms

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          "word": "escárnio"
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          "word": "derâdere"
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          "word": "bășcălie"
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          "word": "mofa"
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          "word": "pitorreo"
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          "word": "ludibrio"
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          "word": "uyam"
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        "(obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mimicry",
          "mimicry"
        ],
        [
          "imitation",
          "imitation"
        ],
        [
          "travesty",
          "travesty"
        ],
        [
          "simulacrum",
          "simulacrum"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɒkəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑkəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "istihzāʔ",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِسْتِهْزَاء"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taryaga",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تريقة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "caġr",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "word": "ծաղր"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "word": "rişxənd"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podigravka",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подигравка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasmeška",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "насмешка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prismeh",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "присмех"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "výsměch"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zesměšnění"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "posměch"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "word": "mokado"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "word": "iva"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "burla"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moca"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escarnio"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chufa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verspottung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verhöhnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chlevasmós",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χλευασμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "lásthē",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λάσθη"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "katágelōs",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κατάγελως"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "môkos",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μῶκος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "word": "csúfolás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "word": "gúnyolás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "derisione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scherno"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dērīsiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bismer"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "word": "háð"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "word": "háðsemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "estehzâ",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "word": "استهزا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spott"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spettarie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kpina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szydera"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escárnio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zombaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "derâdere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "batjocură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bășcălie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "nid",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "निद्"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mote"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "word": "mofa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "word": "pitorreo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "ludibrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "word": "uyam"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "action of mocking; ridicule, derision",
      "word": "gwatwar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "posmešište",
      "sense": "something to inspire ridicule",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "посмешище"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something to inspire ridicule",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gespött"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something to inspire ridicule",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lachnummer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "imitation, a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Farce"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "imitation, a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Posse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mockery"
}

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