different between mockery vs sneer
mockery
English
Etymology
From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Byzantine Greek ????? (m?kós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic ?????????? (al-makru, “guile, cunning”). Equivalent to mock +? -ery.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?k??i/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?k??i/
Noun
mockery (countable and uncountable, plural mockeries)
- 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.
- 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 also Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:ridicule
Translations
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sneer
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sn???/
- (US) IPA(key): /sn????/
Verb
sneer (third-person singular simple present sneers, present participle sneering, simple past and past participle sneered)
- (intransitive) To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn
- (transitive) To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.
- to sneer fulsome lies at a person
Translations
Noun
sneer (plural sneers)
- A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
- A display of contempt; scorn.
Translations
See also
- snarl
Anagrams
- Neers, Resen, ernes, neers, reens
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sne?r/
Noun
sneer m (plural sneren or sneers, diminutive sneertje n)
- snide remark
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