Mockery vs Derisive - What's the difference?
mockery | derisive |
The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
(obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.
Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.
As a noun mockery
is the action of mocking; ridicule, derision.As an adjective derisive is
expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.mockery
English
Noun
(mockeries)- The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.
Usage notes
* We often use make a mockery' of someone or something, meaning to ' mock them. See alsoSynonyms
* See alsoderisive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The critic's review of the film was derisive .
- The plot of the film was so derisive that the audience began to jeer.