Mockery
noun
The action of making fun of someone or something in a hurtful way.
His comments on the company's poor performance were a mockery of the CEO's efforts to improve it.
Often appears as...
- make a mockery of
- cruel mockery
noun
Things done or said that are meant to make somebody or something seem ridiculous.
The satirical play presented a mockery of popular culture.
Often appears as...
- be in mockery of
- direct mockery
noun
A situation that seems as though it is not being treated seriously or with respect.
The use of exaggerated templates in the design made a mockery of traditional architecture.
Often appears as...
- make a mockery of
- complete mockery
noun
The action of making fun of someone or something in a hurtful way.
His comments on the company's poor performance were a mockery of the CEO's efforts to improve it.
Often appears as...
- make a mockery of
- cruel mockery
noun
Things done or said that are meant to make somebody or something seem ridiculous.
The satirical play presented a mockery of popular culture.
Often appears as...
- be in mockery of
- direct mockery
noun
A situation that seems as though it is not being treated seriously or with respect.
The use of exaggerated templates in the design made a mockery of traditional architecture.
Often appears as...
- make a mockery of
- complete mockery
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Mockery often implies scorn and expresses disapproval, which can be hurtful.
His imitation of the teacher's accent was considered mockery by the class.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid in Formality
Using 'mockery' in formal discussions may be inappropriate due to its negative tone.
In the business meeting, he avoided making a mockery of his rival's proposal.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Personal
'Mockery' is usually directed at a person or group and can feel personal.
The comedian's mockery of the audience left some people uncomfortably targeted.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Mockery often implies scorn and expresses disapproval, which can be hurtful.
His imitation of the teacher's accent was considered mockery by the class.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid in Formality
Using 'mockery' in formal discussions may be inappropriate due to its negative tone.
In the business meeting, he avoided making a mockery of his rival's proposal.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Personal
'Mockery' is usually directed at a person or group and can feel personal.
The comedian's mockery of the audience left some people uncomfortably targeted.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Mockery often implies scorn and expresses disapproval, which can be hurtful.
His imitation of the teacher's accent was considered mockery by the class.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid in Formality
Using 'mockery' in formal discussions may be inappropriate due to its negative tone.
In the business meeting, he avoided making a mockery of his rival's proposal.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Personal
'Mockery' is usually directed at a person or group and can feel personal.
The comedian's mockery of the audience left some people uncomfortably targeted.
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Andrew McAfee: Are...
and drudgery and misery around the world. I'm very confident we're going to learn to live more lightly on the planet, and I am extremely confident that what we're going to do with our new digital tools is going to be so profound and so beneficial that it's going to make a mockery out of everything that came before.
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Are droids taking our...
and drudgery and misery around the world I'm very confident we're going to learn to live more lightly on the planet and I am extremely confident that what we're going to do with our new digital tools it's going to be so profound and so beneficial that it's gonna make a mockery out of everything that came
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William Noel: Revealing...
They cut out his tongue in mockery of his oratory, and no one knows what they did with his body. So this is the discovery of a lost voice from antiquity, speaking to us, not from the grave, because his grave doesn't exist, but from the Athenian law courts. Now I should say at this point
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How to make jokes at a...
problem but the question is what do we do I feel like we need to use their weaknesses against them right and we I feel like it's very powerful to have an undercurrent of mockery in our approach so with that I developed a few rules of thumb one never call them by their real
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Everything you need to...
This may have influenced the panoramic vision of his work, and in the Tales, no level of society is above mockery. Chaucer uses the quirks of the characters’ language – the ribald humor of the Cook, the solemn prose of the Parson, and the lofty notions of the Squire –
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Why is Aristophanes...
and self-important intellectuals, exactly the people who sat in the front row of the theatre, where everyone could see their reactions. As a result, they were referred to as "those made fun of in comedy." Aristophanes’ vicious and often obscene mockery
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The Reagans: A Love...
to hire an astrologer to warn them when they're gonna have bad days ahead there's been mockery made of her as a result of that decision and the control that she sort of seized in the the abject and determined protection of her
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When local news dies, so...
This mechanism that for generations has helped inform and guide us no longer functions the way it used to. You know intimately what the poisoned national discourse feels like, what a mockery of reasoned debate it has become.
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The power of women's...
with the anxiety and the fear and the risk and retaliation. If you ask women what they fear the most in response to their anger, they don't say violence. They say mockery. Think about what that means.
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Juan Enriquez: A...
because there are no headphones for three-year-olds in US courtrooms, because they are not supposed to defend themselves. This makes a mockery of justice, it makes a mockery of the prosecution system,
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Andrew McAfee: Are...
and drudgery and misery around the world. I'm very confident we're going to learn to live more lightly on the planet, and I am extremely confident that what we're going to do with our new digital tools is going to be so profound and so beneficial that it's going to make a mockery out of everything that came before.
Video examples
Are droids taking our...
and drudgery and misery around the world I'm very confident we're going to learn to live more lightly on the planet and I am extremely confident that what we're going to do with our new digital tools it's going to be so profound and so beneficial that it's gonna make a mockery out of everything that came
Video examples
William Noel: Revealing...
They cut out his tongue in mockery of his oratory, and no one knows what they did with his body. So this is the discovery of a lost voice from antiquity, speaking to us, not from the grave, because his grave doesn't exist, but from the Athenian law courts. Now I should say at this point
Video examples
How to make jokes at a...
problem but the question is what do we do I feel like we need to use their weaknesses against them right and we I feel like it's very powerful to have an undercurrent of mockery in our approach so with that I developed a few rules of thumb one never call them by their real
Video examples
Everything you need to...
This may have influenced the panoramic vision of his work, and in the Tales, no level of society is above mockery. Chaucer uses the quirks of the characters’ language – the ribald humor of the Cook, the solemn prose of the Parson, and the lofty notions of the Squire –
Video examples
Why is Aristophanes...
and self-important intellectuals, exactly the people who sat in the front row of the theatre, where everyone could see their reactions. As a result, they were referred to as "those made fun of in comedy." Aristophanes’ vicious and often obscene mockery
Video examples
The Reagans: A Love...
to hire an astrologer to warn them when they're gonna have bad days ahead there's been mockery made of her as a result of that decision and the control that she sort of seized in the the abject and determined protection of her
Video examples
When local news dies, so...
This mechanism that for generations has helped inform and guide us no longer functions the way it used to. You know intimately what the poisoned national discourse feels like, what a mockery of reasoned debate it has become.
Video examples
The power of women's...
with the anxiety and the fear and the risk and retaliation. If you ask women what they fear the most in response to their anger, they don't say violence. They say mockery. Think about what that means.
Video examples
Juan Enriquez: A...
because there are no headphones for three-year-olds in US courtrooms, because they are not supposed to defend themselves. This makes a mockery of justice, it makes a mockery of the prosecution system,
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Lewis Carroll
English Author
While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit.
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Linus Roache
English Actor
Dad has always been - and still is - a great influence on me. He has always stood up for spirit, staying true to his beliefs... and I like to do the same with regard to my own true beliefs, regardless of potential criticism or mockery.
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Rachel Kushner
American Writer
I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of way. I think that's not right and that it's just because they don't understand the discourse.
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Michel Gondry
American Writer
I don't mock things, which makes me more vulnerable to mockery myself. If you're cynical, you're protected from mockery. But I have to be nice. I don't think I have irony. A sense of humour, yes, but not irony.
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Michael Dapaah
English Actor
I'm very observational in my comedy and what I create with the characters that I'm blessed to play. I don't believe comedy needs to be offensive, and I don't believe it needs to be a mockery of anything.
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Paul Craig Roberts
American Economist
Vice is Washington's signature. A fish rots from the head, and Washington has led our country into vice, greed, selfishness, and the mockery and destruction of human life.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be.
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Ana Gasteyer
American Comedian
I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery.
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Josh Hawley
American Politician
The swelling epidemic of human trafficking makes a mockery of the law and its protections.
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Sophocles
Greek Poet
Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?
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Lewis Carroll
English Author
While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit.
Quote examples
Linus Roache
English Actor
Dad has always been - and still is - a great influence on me. He has always stood up for spirit, staying true to his beliefs... and I like to do the same with regard to my own true beliefs, regardless of potential criticism or mockery.
Quote examples
Rachel Kushner
American Writer
I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of way. I think that's not right and that it's just because they don't understand the discourse.
Quote examples
Michel Gondry
American Writer
I don't mock things, which makes me more vulnerable to mockery myself. If you're cynical, you're protected from mockery. But I have to be nice. I don't think I have irony. A sense of humour, yes, but not irony.
Quote examples
Michael Dapaah
English Actor
I'm very observational in my comedy and what I create with the characters that I'm blessed to play. I don't believe comedy needs to be offensive, and I don't believe it needs to be a mockery of anything.
Quote examples
Paul Craig Roberts
American Economist
Vice is Washington's signature. A fish rots from the head, and Washington has led our country into vice, greed, selfishness, and the mockery and destruction of human life.
Quote examples
George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be.
Quote examples
Ana Gasteyer
American Comedian
I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery.
Quote examples
Josh Hawley
American Politician
The swelling epidemic of human trafficking makes a mockery of the law and its protections.
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Sophocles
Greek Poet
Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?
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