nounfemininepl: mockeries / mockeries
zombaria
1. Unkind or contemptuous laughter or speech; ridicule or derision
The mockery in her voice was unmistakable.
A zombaria em sua voz era inconfundível.
2. An absurd or insulting imitation of something
The trial was a mockery of justice.
O julgamento foi uma zombaria da justiça.
3. Something that is ridiculously inadequate or inauthentic
His apology was a mockery—he didn't mean a word of it.
Seu pedido de desculpas foi uma zombaria—ele não quis dizer uma palavra.
NYC Slang
clowning / clowning on someone
Related Idioms & Phrases
make a mockery of something
turn something into a mockery
subject someone to mockery
face mockery and ridicule
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