mockery

Definitions


[ˈmɒk(ə)ri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- teasing and contemptuous language or behaviour directed at a particular person or thing
(e.g: stung by her mockery, Frankie hung his head)


Phrases:
- make a mockery of

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French moquerie, from mocquer ‘to deride’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries