mockery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun showing your contempt by derision
    jeer; scoffing; scoff; jeering.
  2. noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
    pasquinade; takeoff; lampoon; travesty; sendup; put-on; spoof; charade; burlesque; parody.
  3. noun humorous or satirical mimicry
    takeoff; parody.

WordNet

Mock"er*y noun
Etymology
F. moquerie.
Wordforms
plural Mockeries
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913