mockery

Etymology
From, from , and , , from ,  + , perhaps from , perhaps from Arabic. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
 * 2) Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
 * 3)  Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
 * 4) Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.

Usage notes

 * We often use make a mockery of someone or something, meaning to mock them. See also Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:ridicule

Translations

 * Arabic: اِسْتِهْزَاء
 * Hijazi Arabic: تريقة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: rişxənd
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Czech:, zesměšnění, posměch
 * Esperanto: mokado
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: burla, moca,, chufa
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λάσθη, κατάγελως, μῶκος
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: dērīsiō
 * Old English: bismer
 * Old Norse: háð, háðsemi
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Spott, Spettarie
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Tagalog: uyam
 * Welsh:


 * German: ,


 * German: ,