mockery
ಮಾಕರಿ
definition
noun
stung by her mockery, Frankie hung his head
teasing and contemptuous language or behavior directed at a particular person or thing.
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‘Any conclusion that this is about spying on residents would be a grotesque misunderstanding of the training provided and a 'mockery' of our intentions,’ a trust director said.
It's a 'mockery' of the game to play it in forcibly sanitized conditions.
Online petitions are a 'mockery' of grassroots democracy.
His tone held a hint of 'mockery' and sarcasm when he addressed her as young lady.
He first tried 'mockery' as he called the characterization ‘the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in my life.’
The United States ambassador said the demonstrations were a 'mockery' of the right of protest and freedom of assembly.
This dangerous double standard makes a sham and a 'mockery' of the justice system.
It would have been a 'mockery' of the British way of life to stand by and let a man like him terrorise me on my own doorstep.
Is it an important step towards reconciliation or a 'mockery' of democracy?
Maybe I've strayed off-topic here, but I think that 'mockery' and derision is, oddly enough, part of the stuff of taking religion seriously.
This is of course not a fair and open practice and a 'mockery' of the ‘people's parliament’.
What eventually took its place was a travesty of the real thing, a 'mockery' of the power that could raise men to heaven and give them the glimpse of God for which they gladly died.
More recently the hotel descended into a 'mockery' of its former self, snobbish for snobbery's sake, until rescued in 1995.
The more discussion-worthy point, however, is the use of humor as a political weapon - 'mockery' , derision, diminishment.
For the first time, it seemed, there was no 'mockery' or teasing in George's voice.
Open sarcasm and 'mockery' entered his voice.
‘Too right,’ said Tina, who was the only girl in their year who took politics and inevitably bore the brunt of the boys' 'mockery' and teasing.
The action by the local Council has created furore among ramblers, who say that the action was wrong and a 'mockery' of consultation procedures laid down by law.
in her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was 'mockery'
A few words of 'mockery' and sarcasm might have slipped, but generally, we were certainly not arch rivals.
stung by her 'mockery', Frankie hung his head
stung by her 'mockery', Frankie hung his head
With greetings of hope and yet of sarcastic 'mockery' the crowd cheered his emerging form.
Painful as it seems, and as much as we know that he's going to be found guilty, the trial can't just be a 'mockery' of a real trial.
It is an anarchic art, rooted in 'mockery' , a ridiculous gesture towards the absurdity of the established order.
in her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was 'mockery'
The Labour MP has branded the fines dolled out for breach of disability laws as a 'mockery' of the government's zero tolerance policy.
More straightforwardly aggressive 12 months ago, yesterday he mixed contempt with pitying 'mockery' .
Anything's open for ridicule or criticism or 'mockery' .
after a 'mockery' of a trial in London, he was executed
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