mockery
noun
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Synonyms
caricature, cartoon, farce, joke, parody, sham, travesty
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Trash talk about sports, politics, and much else besides is allowed — even encouraged — but at no point are the participants permitted to leave the realm of mockery and to become genuinely upset with one another. — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, "American Dive Bars," 22 Aug. 2019 The remark was one of several from local residents who reacted with a mixture of mockery and anger to the reports, which originated with a report by in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. — NBC News, "Greenlanders mock reports that President Trump wants to buy Greenland," 16 Aug. 2019 Female goalkeepers have long been the subject of mockery by those who wish to pour scorn on the women's game, but goalkeeping standards have undoubtedly improved in recent years. — Aimee Lewis, CNN, "Women's World Cup: Record-breaking feats, empty seats -- the story so far," 21 June 2019 By including them once again in the ‘not so bad’ category of serious reformers, the secretary-general makes a mockery of the whole exercise. — Washington Post, "UN report: Conflicts kill and hurt a record 12,000 children," 29 July 2019 Florida Man is a microcosm of the way so many of us are struggling with the ethics of how to behave on the Internet, and how easily an ironic joke, multiplied by millions of shares, can begin to feel like freak-show mockery or viral cyberbullying. — Author: Logan Hill, Anchorage Daily News, "Is it OK to laugh at Florida Man?," 16 July 2019 That makes a mockery of the carnage of that war, where at least 600,000 Americans were killed. — John Blake, CNN, "There's a sobering truth to Trump's racist tweets that we don't like to admit," 15 July 2019 According to Carmen Gorgas, President Trump’s July Fourth parade was shameful and disgraceful and made a mockery of our Independence Day. — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, "Letters: Rockies needs not being met; Battle for the bees; Prompted into historic gaffe; more responses (7/8/19)," 9 July 2019 Still, Ansari’s comic mockery has gotten more precise since his tour last year, which broke down the world into woke people, Trump people and everyone else. — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, "Aziz Ansari Addresses Sexual Misconduct Accusation in ‘Right Now’," 9 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mockery.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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