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单词 self-mockery
释义

self-mockery

noun

self-mock·​ery ˌself-ˈmä-k(ə-)rē How to pronounce self-mockery (audio)
plural self-mockeries
: action or speech in which one mocks or makes fun of oneself : mockery of oneself
Before he retired from baseball in 1954, Mr. Garagiola was acquiring a reputation as a popular after-dinner speaker in his native St. Louis, with an endearing quality of self-mockery. Bart Barnes
She directed a scathing self-mockery at her own talents, looks, and intellectual efforts … Jean Strouse
self-mocking
ˌself-ˈmä-kiŋ How to pronounce self-mockery (audio)
adjective
self-mocking humor
a self-mocking smile/laugh
the author's self-mocking tone

Word History

First Known Use

1657, in the meaning defined above

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