mockery

Other forms of mockery

plural

mockeries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mockery

What does mockery mean?

mockery means "showing your contempt by derision". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mockery?

mockery has 3 syllables: moc-ke-ry. The stress falls on "moc". In IPA it is /ˈmɑkɚi/.

What is another word for mockery?

Close synonyms include jeer, jeering, scoff, scoffing, parody. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mockery a common word?

mockery is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.