mockery
nounmasculine/iʃkɐɾˈni.u/medium
es·car·ni·o
Definition
The act or effect of mocking; gross mockery, derision, insulting ridicule.
His words were met with mockery by the audience.
I will not tolerate the mockery with which you treat the most vulnerable.
Common collocations
to make a mockery oftarget of mockerytone of mockery
Etymology
Do latim 'scarnium', por sua vez do grego 'skarnion' (escárnio, zombaria).