mockery

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mock·ery [mockery mockeries] BrE [ˈmɒkəri] NAmE [ˈmɑːkəri] noun
1. uncountable comments or actions that are intended to make sb/sth seem ridiculous
Syn: ↑ridicule, Syn: ↑scorn
•She couldn't stand any more of their mockery.
•His smile was full of mockery.
•The government has left itself open to mockery and ridicule.
2. singular (disapproving)an action, a decision, etc. that is a failure and that is not as it is supposed to be
Syn: ↑travesty
•It was a mockery of a trial.
Idiom: ↑make a mockery of something

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French moquerie, from mocquer ‘to deride’.

Example Bank:
•There was a hint of mockery in his voice.
•They left themselves open to mockery from the left-wing press.
•Try to keep the tone one of gentle mockery.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  parody, takeoff, jeer, jeering, scoff, scoffing