Synonyms for mockery
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mok-uh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɒk ə ri |
Top 10 synonyms for mockery Other synonyms for the word mockery
Définition of mockery
Origin :- early 15c., from Old French moquerie "sneering, mockery, sarcasm" (13c.), from moquer (see mock (v.)).
- noun joke, parody
- noun insult, disrespect
- Then she fluttered a glance at him in which there was a gleam of mockery.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- He looked at her haggardly, and she met his gaze with kind eyes in which there was no mockery.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- But he did not profane that scene by the mockery of his art.
- Extract from : « The Prophetic Pictures (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Mockery is the share they choose in the motions of the life eternal!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- If we are not truly penitent, this petition is a mockery on our lips.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- The moment was here, and I had no word for it which did not seem a mockery.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- He might degrade Marcolina by mockery and lascivious phrases, full of innuendo.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- How brutal; what a mockery of the sacred rights of property!
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- I told him that he might abstain in future from such a mockery of love.
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- He touched the masks and unfolded the grim story that lay behind their mockery.
- Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
Antonyms for mockery
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