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MOCKERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Humorous or satirical mimicry
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("mockery" is a kind of...):
apery; mimicry (the act of mimicking; imitative behavior)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Showing your contempt by derision
Synonyms:
jeer; jeering; mockery; scoff; scoffing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mockery" is a kind of...):
derision (contemptuous laughter)
Derivation:
mock (treat with contempt)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Synonyms:
burlesque; lampoon; mockery; parody; pasquinade; put-on; send-up; sendup; spoof; takeoff; travesty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mockery" is a kind of...):
caricature; imitation; impersonation (a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect)
Context examples:
He occasionally made an attempt to smarten himself, and hum the fag-end of a tune; but his relapses into profound melancholy were only made the more impressive by the mockery of a hat exceedingly on one side, and a shirt-collar pulled up to his eyes.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It rang on my ears long and heavily; the mountains re-echoed it, and I felt as if all hell surrounded me with mockery and laughter.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He continued to grin with a sardonic humour, with a cynical mockery and defiance.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Oh, what ugly wrinkles in my bad boy's forehead! said Dora, and still being on my knee, she traced them with her pencil; putting it to her rosy lips to make it mark blacker, and working at my forehead with a quaint little mockery of being industrious, that quite delighted me in spite of myself.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
When I recovered I found myself surrounded by the people of the inn; their countenances expressed a breathless terror, but the horror of others appeared only as a mockery, a shadow of the feelings that oppressed me.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Mockery shone in his eyes.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The labours I endured were no longer to be alleviated by the bright sun or gentle breezes of spring; all joy was but a mockery which insulted my desolate state and made me feel more painfully that I was not made for the enjoyment of pleasure.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
It was necessary that I should return without delay to Geneva, there to watch over the lives of those I so fondly loved and to lie in wait for the murderer, that if any chance led me to the place of his concealment, or if he dared again to blast me by his presence, I might, with unfailing aim, put an end to the existence of the monstrous image which I had endued with the mockery of a soul still more monstrous.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
