mockery

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

moquerie

raillerie

dérision

persiflage

simulacre

parodie

ridicule

brocard

railleries

bafouer

sarcasmes

décollage

pamphlet

parodier

plaisanterie

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ricanement

Synonymes

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

Traductions

burla

Spott

Hohn

derisione

scherno

spot

aanfluiting

bespotting

mofa

ludibrio

escárnio

burla

beffa

🤣

persiflage

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɒkəɹi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: 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.