mockery
Scornful public ridicule
Mockery is ridicule or contemptuous imitation—words or actions that hold someone or something up to scorn: His apology was pure mockery.
A mockery can also be a ludicrously inadequate or futile attempt: The trial was a mockery of justice.
To make a mockery of something is to render it absurd or worthless through poor execution or disrespect.
Contemptuous mockery
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- tauntInsulting provocation
- jeerVocal expression of scorn
- scoffMock with disdain
sneer · gibe · heckle · belittle · disparage · tease · sarcasm · raillery
Satirical imitation
- impersonationPretending to be another
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- send-upMocking imitation of something
- takeoffDeparture or parody
spoof · lampoon · burlesque · pastiche · travesty · ape · impression · satire
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
haughtiness · spurning · deprecation · dismissiveness · superciliousness · denigration · slighting · reproach
derision
Contemptuous mockery
scoff · sneer · gibe · heckle · belittle · disparage · tease · sarcasm · raillery · flout
parody
Satirical imitation
- impersonationPretending to be another
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- send-upMocking imitation of something
takeoff · spoof · lampoon · burlesque · pastiche · travesty · ape · impression · satire · skit
disdain
Scornful disregard
condescension · haughtiness · spurning · deprecation · dismissiveness · superciliousness · denigration · slighting · reproach · contumely
farce
Absurd, laughable situation
charade · joke · laughingstock · hollow · empty · worthless · pale imitation · shadow · shell · futility
jest
Humorous remark or act
comedy · jape · quip · drollery · facetiousness · playfulness · ribbing · joshing · teasing · leg-pulling
mockeryseriousness
Earnest, weighty demeanor
solemnity · earnestness · gravity · sincerity · soberness
mockerygenuine article
Authentic original item
real thing · embodiment · paragon · ideal · model
- mocked upCreated a preliminary model
- make a mockery ofRender absurd or worthless