Meaning of mockery | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

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

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