The day was warm and beautiful, and nature smiled in mockery of the bloody tragedy which was so soon to follow.

This "state of nature," moreover, in his view, could be reached only by going backward and destroying all civilization,and it was civilization which he ever decried,a very pleasant doctrine to vagabonds, but likely to be treated with derisive mockery by all those who have something to conserve.

Why did they set such store upon his having the courage to come, to "give himself so freely," "unconditionally" as one of them had expressed it with such a mockery of exaggeration? Fear stirred in his heart most horribly, and he found no answer to any of his questionings.

What an extraordinary mockery it all was!

That would be to fall to the sound of mockery and laughter from all creation.

"I don't wish that the coming ages accuse Spain of being the stepmother of the nations, the vampire of races, the tyrant of small islands, since it would be a horrible mockery of the noble principles of our ancient kings.

Ridicule N. ridicule, derision; sardonic smile, sardonic grin; irrision^; scoffing &c (disrespect) 929; mockery, quiz^, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaff, badinage; quizzing &c v.; asteism^. squib, satire, skit, quip, quib^, grin. parody, burlesque, travesty, travestie^; farce &c (drama) 599; caricature.

mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor.

vilipendency^, vilification, contumely, affront, dishonor, insult, indignity, outrage, discourtesy &c 895; practical joking; scurrility, scoffing, sibilance, hissing, sibilation; irrision^; derision; mockery; irony &c (ridicule) 856; sarcasm. hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek^, taunt, sneer, quip, fling, wipe, slap in the face.

But Percival understood not their mockery, whereupon he said: "Lo! how pleasant and how cheerful is the world.

[Sidenote: Percival bespeaketh the Lady Guinevere's page] Now when the page beheld Percival and what a singular appearance he presented, he laughed beyond all measure, and Percival, not knowing that he laughed in mockery, laughed also and gave him a very cheerful greeting in return.

On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, in lieu of the Christmas carols, the cannon had rung its brazen Christmas message across the trenches, making mockery of the words: "On earth peace, good will toward men."

despreciar, to scorn, despise. desprecio, m., scorn, mockery. desprenderse, to issue forth, be launched, be shed; to fall; to free oneself, escape, depart.

That your wives, your children were led in mockery before the eyes of men?

And mockery was added to their death; for they were covered in the skins of wild beasts and were torn to death by dogs, or crucified, or set apart for burning, and after the close of the day were reserved for the purpose of nocturnal illumination.

From men David has no hope; mockery, treachery, injustice, are all that he expects from them,the bitterness of his enemies, the far-off indifference of his friends.

When Pilate saw him standing at the entrance of his tribunal, even he (hart-hearted as he usually was) started, and shuddered with horror and compassion, whilst the barbarous priests and the populace, far from being moved to pity, continued their insults and mockery.

He drew a lugubrious grimace in mockery at Wrath of God.

"Yes, several parcels," she answered, recovering her poise and smiling in mockery.

He forgot her mockery, forgot his rival, and sat down at her side, almost in possession of her waist.

He knows this, and smiles in silent mockery of himself, reposing on the monument of his fame "Sedet, in eternumque sedebit infelix Theseus.

Yet in the very midst of hesitations, mockery, and good advice, the next step must be taken, the decision must be swift, the choice is brief but eternal.

What mockery, to talk of pecuniary intercourse between a slave and his master!

We were shocked with the mockery of justice, and the indifference to the interests of the negro apparent in the course of the magistrate.

" Her mockery set him more at ease.