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. Julie Hubbard:

   We are encouraged by this dialogue and understanding that being a Cherokee Nation tribal citizen is rooted in centuries of culture and laws not through DNA tests, we are encouraged by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren action and hope that the slurs and mockery of tribal citizens and Indian history and heritage will now come to an end.

2. Peter Saunders:

   He is making a mockery of the papal commission (into child abuse), of the Pope himself, but most of all of the victims and the survivors, he has a catalog of denigrating people, of acting with callousness, cold-heartedness, almost sociopathic I would go as far as to say, this lack of care.

3. Kedar Joshi:

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

4. Chauntyll Allen:

   I'm appalled, I can't believe that this really happened, just to make a mockery of everything, the yellow tape is so traumatic.

5. Ted Cruz:

   Sadly, Senate Democrats have undermined the American people’s confidence in previous judicial confirmation processes with vicious personal smears and unfounded accusations, these kinds of shameless attacks demeaned the Senate and made a mockery of our constitutional role in providing advice and consent to the president on nominations. I believe Judge Jackson should be treated with the dignity and decorum that has been lacking from the consideration of past nominations.