Synonyms for mockery
ˈmɒk ə rimock·e·ry

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1. mockery

   Banter is the touching upon some fault, weakness, or fancied secret of another in a way half to pique and half to please; badinage is delicate, refined banter. Raillery has more sharpness, but is usually good-humored and well meant. Irony, the saying one thing that the reverse may be understood, may be either mild or bitter. All the other words have a hostile intent. Ridicule makes a person or thing the subject of contemptuous merriment; derision seeks to make the object derided seem utterly despicable — to laugh it to scorn. Chaff is the coarse witticism of the streets, perhaps merry, oftener malicious; jeering is loud, rude ridicule, as of a hostile crowd or mob. Mockery is more studied, and may include mimicry and personal violence, as well as scornful speech. A satire is a formal composition; a sarcasm may be an impromptu sentence. The satire shows up follies to keep people from them; the sarcasm hits them because they are foolish, without inquiring whether it will do good or harm; the satire is plainly uttered; the sarcasm is covert.

   Synonyms:
   badinage, banter, chaff, derision, irony, jeering, raillery, ridicule, sarcasm, satire

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1. jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffingnoun

   showing your contempt by derision

   Synonyms:
   jeering, parody, charade, spoof, jeer, lampoon, scoff, pasquinade, burlesque, travesty, scoffing, sendup, put-on, takeoff

2. parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-onnoun

   a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

   Synonyms:
   jeer, fraud, prank, joke, trick, scoff, takeoff, caper, farce comedy, parody, hoax, spoof, put-on, humbug, farce, burlesque, travesty, scoffing, antic, pasquinade, jeering, sendup, lampoon, dupery, charade, fraudulence

3. parody, mockery, takeoffnoun

   humorous or satirical mimicry

   Synonyms:
   parody, burlesque, sendup, charade, spoof, jeer, lampoon, scoff, pasquinade, jeering, takeoff, scoffing, travesty, put-on

Matched Categories

1. • Caricature
   • Derision
   • Mimicry

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1. mockerynoun

   Synonyms:
   ridicule, derision, scorn, jeering, contemptuous mimicry

2. mockerynoun

   Synonyms:
   sport, subject of ridicule

3. mockerynoun

   Synonyms:
   show, imitation, counterfeit

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1. mockerynoun

   Synonyms:
   mimicry, ridicule, derision, jeering, scouting, counterfeit, sham, travesty, farce, disappointment

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1. List of paraphrases for "mockery":

   travesty, farce, parody, derision, charade, ridicule, insult, irony, caricature, masquerade, sham, satire, joke, affront

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1. Sara Hart Weir:

   NDSS strongly condemns the use of the ‘r word,' as the leading human rights organization for all people with Down syndrome, we maintain a zero tolerance policy for this type of mockery and offense. All people with Down syndrome are valued members of society and deserve to be treated with the upmost dignity and respect.

2. David Whelan:

   The United States government wont stand for its citizens being treated this way and as Ambassador (John) Sullivan said on the courthouse steps, subjected to a mockery of justice.

3. Kedar Joshi:

   The worst mockery God can make of a moralist is that He compels him to be a solipsist.

4. Rishi Sunak:

   Every year thousands and thousands of people come into the UK illegally. Often, we don't know who they are, where they're from, and why they're here. These are not bad people. But it makes a mockery of our system and in the current chaotic free world there is simply no way for a serious country to run itself.

5. Jean Su:

   We're disappointed that The Supreme Court won't consider the President Donald Trump administration's flagrant abuse of the law to fast-track border wall construction, the Trump administration has made a mockery of the Constitution to build an enormously destructive wall. We'll continue to fight these illegal waivers and do everything possible to prevent further damage to the beautiful borderlands.