mockery

n.; pl. Mockeries [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is, as the air, invulnerable,
And our vain blows malicious mockery. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

And bear about the mockery of woe. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule. [ 1913 Webster ]

The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery. 2 Macc. viii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]