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mockery
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mockery
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Mockery
(gcide) | Mockery \Mock"er*y\, n.; pl. Mockeries. [F. moquerie.]
1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by
mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of
earnestness; a counterfeit appearance.
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It is, as the air, invulnerable,
And our vain blows malicious mockery. --Shak.
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Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to
look more like a mockery upon devotion than any
solemn application of the mind to God. --Law.
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And bear about the mockery of woe. --Pope.
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2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous
merriment; derision; ridicule.
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The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. --Spenser.
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3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.
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The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a
mockery. --2 Macc.
viii. 17.
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mockery
(wn) | mockery
n 1: showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering,
mockery, scoff, scoffing]
2: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's
style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon,
spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque,
travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on]
3: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: parody, mockery,
takeoff] |
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Mockery
(gcide) | Mockery \Mock"er*y\, n.; pl. Mockeries. [F. moquerie.]
1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by
mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of
earnestness; a counterfeit appearance.
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It is, as the air, invulnerable,
And our vain blows malicious mockery. --Shak.
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Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to
look more like a mockery upon devotion than any
solemn application of the mind to God. --Law.
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And bear about the mockery of woe. --Pope.
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2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous
merriment; derision; ridicule.
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The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. --Spenser.
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3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.
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The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a
mockery. --2 Macc.
viii. 17.
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