Definizione monolingua

mockery

mockery (plural mockeries)

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

   The defendant wasnt allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.

Definizione dizionario mockery

	derisione
	action of mocking; ridicule, derision

beffa

burla

irrisione

ludibrio

marameo

scherno

scherzo

Altri significati:

Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule.

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

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

The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.

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