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mockery

n. இகழ்ச்சி, ஏளனம், அவமதிப்பு, நிந்தை, ஏளனத்துக்குரிய பொருள், இகழ்வதற்கான வாய்ப்பு, போலி மாதிரிப்படிவம், கேலிக்கிடமான வெற்றுச்செயல், அவமதிப்பான வீண்செயல்.


Mock"er*y, n.; pl. Mockeries. Etym: [F. moquerie.] 1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance. It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery. Shak. Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to look more like a mockery upon devotion than any solemn application of the mind to God. Law. And bear about the mockery of woe. Pope. 2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule. The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. Spenser. 3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport. The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery. 2 Macc. viii. 17.


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