mockery
noun
mock·ery
ˈmä-k(ə-)rē 
ˈmȯ-
plural mockeries
1
: insulting or contemptuous action or speech : derision
… laying himself open to the jeers and mockeries of his rebellious subjects …—
E. A. Freeman
E. A. Freeman2
: a subject of laughter, derision, or sport
… making him turn himself into a merry mockery of all he had once held dear.—Oliver St. John Gogarty
Oliver St. John Gogarty3
a
: a counterfeit appearance : imitation
… if it was not a man it was a huge and grotesque mockery of man.—Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs
b
: an insincere, contemptible, or impertinent (see impertinent sense 1a) imitation
makes a mockery of justice
4
: something ridiculously or impudently (see impudent sense 1) unsuitable
… in her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was mockery.—George Eliot
George EliotExamples of mockery in a Sentence
His kind of personality invites mockery.
the children's cruel mockery of each other
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Dec. 2025
Trump responded to the brutal slaying of actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, by posting a message on social media that was light on consolation and heavy on mockery.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
Continue reading … VIRAL BACKFIRE – Newsom's press team responds to social media mockery with unusual photo.
—FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
However, one new mother on Reddit was not met with empathy but with mockery, from her very own in-laws.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Mockery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mockery. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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mockery
noun
mock·ery
ˈmäk-(ə-)rē
ˈmȯk-
plural mockeries
1
: insulting action or speech
2
: someone or something that is laughed at
3
: a ridiculous or poor imitation
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