[ UK /mˈɒkəɹi/ ]
[ US /ˈmɑkɝi/ ]
NOUN
  1. showing your contempt by derision
  2. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
  3. humorous or satirical mimicry
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How To Use mockery In A Sentence

  • a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine
  • The Chinese authorities remain acutely aware of Ai's complex and innovative heresy and in China, an "edgy" artist has to face greater challenges than mockery or dismissive critics. Ai Weiwei: The rebel who has suffered for his art
  • Je vous prie de vous asseoir," he said on such an occasion with gentle mockery. Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician
  • Why make a mockery of a real problem by inviting its perpetuators to condemn it?
  • The trial was a mockery - the judge had decided the verdict before it began.
  • The scorn and mockery heaped on this particular law firm was astonishing. Times, Sunday Times
  • The inscription above the arch, "To a happy and prosperous entrance," seemed a mockery in the old douanier days, when delays and extortions vexed the soul of the visitor, and produced a mood anything but favourable to the enjoyment of the Eternal City. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
  • Was it not enough that, like the other insignia, it should be an emblem of scorn and mockery, since that was their aim?
  • In each of these Leapor takes aim at that object of Scriblerian mockery, the beau.
  • They were not objects of respect and veneration; they became objects of mockery.
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