mockery Definition

mockery
noun mockeries

1. An imitation, especially a contemptible or insulting one.
2a. Any ridiculously inadequate person, action or thing;
2b. The subject of ridicule or contempt.

Example: make a mockery of someone
3. Ridicule; contempt.

Thesaurus: ridicule, disparagement, contempt, derision, disdain, sarcasm, jeering, disrespect.

Etymology: 15c: from French moquerie; see mock.