mockery

Significado (Inglés)

1. (countable, uncountable) The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
4. (countable, uncountable) Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.

Conceptos

burla

mofa

escarnio

mote

parodia

imitación

irrisión

burlería

pulla

tomadura de pelo

Sinónimos

ridicule

derision

scorn

taunt

sarcasm

scoff

jeer

jeering

scoffing

parody

travesty

gibe

raillery

sneer

burlesque

takeoff

lampoon

spoof

caricature

mimicry

charade

sendup

insult

mock

twit

farce

insults

irony

jest

joke

🤣

pasquinade

put-on

satire

taunts

teasing

banter

laughter

make believe

mime

humiliation

hoax

gibing

scron

persiflage

pretense

bitter remark

quiz

fun

foolery

ridiculous

Traducciones

moquerie

Spott

Hohn

derisione

scherno

raillerie

aanfluiting

spot

dérision

ludibrio

escárnio

persiflage

bespotting

beffa

🤣

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmɒkəɹi/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: mokkery

In summary

From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Byzantine Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic مَكْر (makr, “scheme, plot”). Equivalent to mock + -ery.