make a mockery of (English, verb)
expansion: make a mockery of (third-person singular simple present makes a mockery of, present participle making a mockery of, simple past and past participle made a mockery of)
Senses:
glosses: To mock; to ridicule or imitate, often to express contempt.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To give a bad name, to act in such a way as to bring ridicule upon that which one represents.
glosses: To defeat easily, so as to show up as inadequate.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: makes a mockery of
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: making a mockery of
tags: participle
present
form: made a mockery of
tags: participle
past
form: made a mockery of
tags: past
form: make mockery of
tags: alternative