- 1. n. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance. Source: opted
- 2. n. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule. Source: opted
- 3. n. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport. Source: opted
- 4. n. showing your contempt by derision Source: wordnet
- 5. n. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way Source: wordnet
- 6. n. humorous or satirical mimicry Source: wordnet
- 7. 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. Source: webster
- 8. n:100 n showing your contempt by derision n a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way n humorous or satirical mimicry Source: ecdict
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