mock·ery

mock·ery
/ˈmɑːkəri/ noun
1 [noncount] : behavior or speech that makes fun of someone or something in a hurtful way : mocking behavior or speech

The bright orange house was an object of mockery on our street. [=people mocked the house; people laughed at it and criticized it]

His kind of personality invites mockery.

the children's cruel mockery of each other

2 [singular] : a bad or useless copy of something

The judge's decisions are a mockery of real justice. [=the judge's decisions are very unjust]

◇ If you make a mockery of something, you make it seem ridiculous or useless.

The judge's decisions have made a mockery of the legal system.

He's made a mockery of our marriage.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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