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Definition
ridicule (to make fun of)or:
something so inadequate it is ridiculous (silly)
Some forms of mock (though not mockery) can mean not real — as in "a mock trail" or "mocking a smile".
- I will not permit the defendant to make a mockery of this trial.
mockery = something that is ridiculous
- Abuses at Abu Ghraib made a mockery of American idealism.
- American's have a hard time understanding that to mock Islam is to invite violence.
- He's not trying to mock you, he's trying to be polite.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Robert squealed in mock terror, then in real pain.William Golding -- Lord of the Flies
- Stanley had also tried to explain that he needed to save his energy so he could teach Zero how to read, but the other boys just mocked him.Louis Sachar -- Holes
- He dares to mock my nose?Edmond Rostand -- Cyrano de Bergerac
- You mock at everything, and then suggest the most serious tragedies.Oscar Wilde -- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- watched me with a little mocking smileSylvia Plath -- The Bell Jar
- The catcalls and hisses and mocking cries ran in rude gusts round the hall from his scattered fellow students.James Joyce -- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- The mockery dripped from her voice like poison.Cornelia Funke -- Inkheart
- He stood aside and bowed her through the door with a mockery that made her wince.Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
- for if he had, how could he dare to mock him?C.S. Lewis -- The Last Battle
- The lieutenant looked sharply up as if he thought he was being mocked.Graham Greene -- The Power and the Glory
- It's a terrible sin for a son to mock his father with jokes like that.Athol Fugard -- Master Harold...and the Boys
- When they are alone, my Lady waves her hand to dispense with such mockeries.Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
- Sodapop looked down at me with mock superiority, but Darry went on:S.E. Hinton -- The Outsiders
- I laughed at the mock enthusiasm in his voice.Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
- And had this teacher just mocked me for that?Sherman Alexie -- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
- A gasp of mock-fright from the children, then The Snow Queen began.David Almond -- Kit's Wilderness
mockery = something that appears ridiculous
mock = make fun of
mock = pretend
mocked = made fun of
mock = making fun of
mock = make fun of
mocking = ridiculing
mocking = ridiculing (making fun of)
mockery = ridicule (to make fun of)
mockery = ridicule
mock = make fun of
mocked = made fun of
mock = make fun of
mockeries = ridiculous things
mock = fake (not real)
mock = fake (not real)
mocked = made fun of (ridiculed)
mock = pretend (not real)