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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mockery

/ˈmɑkəɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables
mock-ery
IPA
/ˈmɑkəɹi/
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Byzantine Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic مَكْر (makr, “scheme, plot”). Equivalent to mock + -ery.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɑkəɹi/
  • British English: /ˈmɒkəɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mockeries (plural)

Phrases

make a mockery of make mockery of self-mockery

Synonyms

parody takeoff jeer jeering scoff scoffing lampoon spoof sendup send-up burlesque travesty

Rhymes With

crockery dockery

Questions

How do you pronounce mockery?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑkəɹi/.
What does mockery mean?
The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
Where does mockery come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce mockery

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