mockery
పరిహాసం
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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The part I don't get is why the really dreadful singers set themselves up for scorn and 'mockery' - and they have to know that's what they're in for.
after a 'mockery' of a trial in London, he was executed
It's a 'mockery' of the game to play it in forcibly sanitized conditions.
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.
Then, in a 'mockery' of the political process, they set up a polling centre amongst the ruins and called it democracy.
But amidst society's contempt and 'mockery' , young people built a movement strong enough to make Congress realize the practicality of lowering the voting age.
The United States ambassador said the demonstrations were a 'mockery' of the right of protest and freedom of assembly.
This is of course not a fair and open practice and a 'mockery' of the ‘people's parliament’.
stung by her 'mockery', Frankie hung his head
The more discussion-worthy point, however, is the use of humor as a political weapon - 'mockery' , derision, diminishment.
Anything's open for ridicule or criticism or 'mockery' .
Online petitions are a 'mockery' of grassroots democracy.
It is an anarchic art, rooted in 'mockery' , a ridiculous gesture towards the absurdity of the established order.
More straightforwardly aggressive 12 months ago, yesterday he mixed contempt with pitying 'mockery' .
stung by her 'mockery', Frankie hung his head
More recently the hotel descended into a 'mockery' of its former self, snobbish for snobbery's sake, until rescued in 1995.
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.
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.
in her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was 'mockery'
His voice was absolutely sincere, with no 'mockery' or sarcasm even hinted.
For all groups to be subject to open criticism, including 'mockery' and ridicule, has been a great leveller.
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.
‘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.
For the first time, it seemed, there was no 'mockery' or teasing in George's voice.
Debate the guy, denounce him, subject him to ridicule and 'mockery' at every opportunity.
Is it an important step towards reconciliation or a 'mockery' of democracy?
To call that a ‘free choice’ is a 'mockery' of language.
The Labour MP has branded the fines dolled out for breach of disability laws as a 'mockery' of the government's zero tolerance policy.
Defiant in the faces of her demons, she snarled at their smiles and laughter; glared at their 'mockery' and ridicule.
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.
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