The meaning of Mockery

verb

Tease.

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The pleasures of drinking and betting and chaffing your mates

noun

The husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing.

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Spikes were threshed and florets (hereafter called seeds) separated from chaff by sieving and force…

noun

Worthless things; rubbish.

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He hopes to separate scientifically supported claims from pseudoscientific chaff

noun

The feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration.

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Pam stared at the girl with total contempt

noun

A strong feeling of lack of respect for someone or something

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They were bullies, and they showed contempt for everyone and everything., he spoke contemptuously o…

noun

Contemptuous ridicule or mockery.

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My stories were greeted with derision and disbelief

noun

Actions or statements showing that you think someone or something is ridiculous or of no value

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Talk of tougher laws was met with derision., derisive laughter

noun

A mistake.

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With a sense of humour, embarrassing goofs can be turned into something positive

verb

Behave in a silly way or playful way.

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They started goofing around in front of the cameras

adjective

Making rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.

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The jeering crowds

verb

Make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.

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Some of the younger men jeered at him

noun

The action of laughing or shouting insults at someone to show you have no respect for them

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Loud jeering from the opposition parties, i shouted to be heard above the jeering of my colleagues.

verb

Change course by swinging the sail across a following wind.

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They gybed, and the boat turned over

verb

Make insulting or mocking remarks; jeer.

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Some cynics in the media might jibe

verb

Be in accord; agree.

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The verdict does not jibe with the medical evidence

adjective

Humorous or flippant.

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A joking manner

verb

Make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.

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She could laugh and joke with her colleagues

verb

Present participle of joke

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They joked and laughed as they looked at the photos., it's more serious than you think, so please d…

verb

Tease (someone) in a playful way.

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He loved to josh people

noun

Good-natured banter.

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We found him tired-eyed and peaked—not a man for josh and chatter

verb

Present participle of josh

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They were always joshing him about his bald head.

noun

Playfulness or teasing.

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They could be insufferable when the kidding began

adjective

Playfully or teasingly deceptive.

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He chided her in a kidding way

verb

(of a goat) give birth.

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Milk fever usually occurs in heavy milkers shortly after kidding

verb

Give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag.

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The background walls have been stippled above the dado rail and ragged below

verb

Make fun of (someone) in a boisterous manner.

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He ragged me about not smoking or drinking

noun

A piece of old cloth, especially one torn from a larger piece, used typically for cleaning things.

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He wiped his hands on an oily rag

noun

A riblike structure or pattern.

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A fleecy sweatshirt with ribbing at neck, cuffs, and hem

verb

Mark with or form into ridges.

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The road was ribbed with furrows of slush

noun

A pattern of raised lines on a piece of clothing made from wool

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He liked the ribbing on the cuffs of the sweater., they gave him a ribbing about his accent.

noun

The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.

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He is held up as an object of ridicule

verb

Subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.

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His theory was ridiculed and dismissed

noun

Words or actions that make someone or something seem foolish or stupid

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He was an unhappy figure of ridicule, not a figure of fun, among his colleagues., she was ridiculed…

noun

The use of irony to mock or convey contempt.

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She didn't like the note of sarcasm in his voice

noun

Remarks that mean the opposite of what they say, made to criticize someone or something in a way that is amusing to others but annoying to the person criticized

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Biting/heavy sarcasm, sarcastic comments

adjective

Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something.

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A scoffing cabin crew tells her there's no shower on the plane

noun

Contemptuous ridicule or mockery.

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He had to overcome the scoffing of theoretical physicists

verb

Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.

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Patrick professed to scoff at soppy love scenes in films

noun

A feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something.

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I do not wish to become the object of scorn

verb

Feel or express contempt or disdain for.

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He tended to scorn technological advances he did not come up with himself

noun

A strong feeling that someone or something is of little or no worth and deserves no respect

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These countries deserve our respect, not the scorn of a politician., a scornful laugh/look, he was …

adjective

Contemptuous or mocking.

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He made a sneering comment about their closeness

noun

The action of smiling or speaking in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

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It will take a concerted effort from many to lay off the sneering—and try understanding

verb

Smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

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She had sneered at their bad taste

adjective

Intended to provoke someone in an insulting or contemptuous manner.

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Taunting comments

verb

Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks.

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Pupils began taunting her about her weight

noun

The act of intentionally annoying and upsetting someone by making unkind remarks, laughing unkindly at them, etc.

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Bullying often consists of teasing or taunting rather than physical violence., the players are far …

adjective

Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way.

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Teasing comments

verb

Make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way.

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I used to tease her about being so house-proud

verb

Present participle of tease

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I used to hate being teased about my red hair when i was at school., i was just teasing, i didn't m…