Bible Dictionaries
Mockery

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule.

(2):

(n.) Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.

(3):

(n.) The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mockery'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/mockery.html. 1828.