mockery

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈmɒkəɹi/
• (America) IPA: /ˈmɑkəɹi/

Noun

mockery

1. The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
2. Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
3. (obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
4. Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ridicule

Translations

• Italian: derisione, scherno
• Portuguese: escárnio, zombaria
• Spanish: mote, mofa, pitorreo, ludibrio (formal)

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