English-Thai Dictionary

mockery

N การล้อเลียน  teasing kan-lor-rian

 

mockery

N การ เยาะเย้ย  การ หัวเราะเยาะ  การเย้ยหยัน  การ ดูถูก  scron ridicule scoff praise admiration kan-yor-yoi

 

mockery

N การ เลียนแบบ  การล้อเลียน  travesty parody lampoon kan-lian-beab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MOCKERY

n.The act of deriding and exposing to contempt, by mimicking the words or actions of another. 1. Derision; ridicule; sportive insult or contempt; contemptuous merriment at persons or things.
Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to look more like mockery upon devotion, than any solemn application of the mind to God.
2. Sport; subject of laughter.
Of the holy place they made a mockery.
3. Vain imitation or effort; that which deceives, disappoints or frustrates.
It is as the air, invulnerable,
And our vain blows malicious mockery.
4. Imitation; counterfeit appearance; false show.
And bear about the mockery of woe
To midnight dances.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MOCKERY

Mock "er *y, n.; pl. Mockeries. Etym: [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. It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery. Shak. 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. And bear about the mockery of woe. Pope.

 

2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule. The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. Spenser.

 

3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport. The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery. 2 Macc. viii. 17.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mockery

mock er y |ˈmäk (ə )rē ˈmɑk (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. mockeries ) derision; ridicule: stung by her mockery, Frankie hung his head. • [ in sing. ] an absurd misrepresentation or imitation of something: after a mockery of a trial in London, he was executed. • archaic ludicrously futile action: in her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was mockery. PHRASES make a mockery of make (something ) seem foolish or absurd: new technology is making a mockery of our outdated laws. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French moquerie, from mocquer ‘to deride. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

mockery

mock |ery |ˈmɒk (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. mockeries ) [ mass noun ] derision; ridicule: stung by her mockery, Frankie hung his head. • [ in sing. ] an absurd misrepresentation or imitation of something: after a mockery of a trial in London, he was executed. • archaic ludicrously futile action: in her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was mockery. PHRASES make a mockery of make (something ) seem foolish or absurd: new technology is making a mockery of our outdated laws. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French moquerie, from mocquer ‘to deride ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mockery

mockery noun 1 the mockery in his voice: ridicule, derision, jeering, sneering, contempt, scorn, scoffing, teasing, taunting, sarcasm. 2 the trial was a mockery: travesty, charade, farce, parody.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mockery

mockery noun 1 a note of mockery in his voice: ridicule, derision, jeering, sneering, contempt, scorn, scoffing, joking, teasing, taunting, sarcasm, ragging, chaffing, jibing; Austral. /NZ chiacking; informal kidding, kidology, ribbing, joshing; Brit. informal winding up; taking the mickey; Brit. vulgar slang taking the piss; N. Amer. informal goofing, razzing. 2 the trial was a mockery: travesty, charade, farce, parody, laughing stock, caricature, lampoon, burlesque, apology, excuse, poor substitute. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD mockery, ridicule, derision These three words reflect increasing degrees of scorn. ■ Mockery is the least severe. While it is usually intended to humiliate (stung by her mockery, Frankie hung his head ), it can also express affectionate amusement (‘Liar, ’ he said with soft mockery ). It can also mean ‘a worthy object of mockery ’ in the phrase a mockery of (after a mockery of a trial, he was executed ), but the sense is usually considerably weakened, especially (however serious the subject ) in the cliché make a mockery of (modern technology has made a mockery of the 1959 Obscene Publications Act ). ■ Ridicule is more intense, the aim being not so much to provoke or tease the victim as to cause others to laugh at them (Puritans were frequently subjected to ridicule and abuse at the hands of their contemporaries ). ■ Derision is still crueller and more contemptuous (Eline would forget the hurtful words spoken in derision ). The phrase of derision is commonly used to qualify a description of a scornful noise (the answer was a snort of derision ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mockery

mock er y /mɑ́k (ə )ri |mɔ́k -/名詞 複 -ies 1 U あざけり, からかい ; C 〖しばしば -ies 〗あざけりの言葉 [行為 ].2 C 〖通例単数形で 〗笑いもの, あざけりの対象 .3 U 〖時にa ～〗(へたな )模倣 ; まがいもの, にせもの ▸ go through a mockery of a trial 形だけの裁判を受ける 4 C 骨折り損, むだ .h ò ld A ú p to m ó ckery Aを笑いものにする .m à ke a m ó ckery of A Aをあざ笑う ; A 〈努力など 〉をむだにする ; Aが偽りであると証明する .