mockery

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

countable uncountable obsolete

The action of mocking; ridicule, derision. / Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.

Japanese Meaning

嘲笑（あざけり）・あざけりの行為 / 嘲弄・冷笑 / 笑いもの、笑いに付された存在

His mockery of the proposal only made people support it more.

彼の提案への嘲笑は、かえって人々をより支持させただけだった。

Sense（1）

The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.

Sense（2）

Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.

Sense（3）

(obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.

Sense（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.

mockeries

（ plural ）