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View definitions for mockery

mockery

noun as in joke, parody

noun as in insult, disrespect

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Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but the result is no surprise and will embolden those critics who felt it made a mockery of boxing.

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The father of young woman shot dead on Christmas Eve said the early release of her killer's accomplice due to prison overcrowding "makes a mockery" of justice.

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She was vigorously defended by Olympic officials, but the her performance split opinion within the breaking community, with some saying she made a mockery of the sport.

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To some, it made a mockery of City’s private insistence that Amorim was not a name on their wish list for when Pep Guardiola eventually leaves.

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For a long time, Briones refused to speak or learn the language as a self-defense mechanism against the mockery he’d experience from others.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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