Definition of self-mocking in English:

self-mocking

adjectivesɛlfˈmɒkɪŋ

Mocking oneself.
a wry, self-mocking smile
Example sentencesExamples
- It is a tone which is self-mocking, generous and warm.
- She stood somewhat shakily and took two slow, dragging steps before sitting down heavily once more with a self-mocking smile.
- This, of course, is the self-mocking director helpfully reducing a decade of celluloid sensationalism down to cheap tabloid soundbites.
- Generally, though, it's so self-mocking as to be a little endearing.
- Our self-mocking domestic equivalent to America's invincible locomotive is the platoon of lawnmowers that shaved the Astroturf in the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.
- The obligatory trip round the Oval Office is now so much of a ritual that he approaches it with the wry, self-mocking tone of an ersatz tour guide.
- Her views are a complex balance of reactionary and radical, feisty and brittle, arrogant and self-mocking.
- There is an obvious element of parody or self-mocking in the Wild West glamour of these lyrics, yet they still stand as a constructed and presumably attractive fantasy for listeners.
- The score and the lyrics have something of Sondheim's sophisticated, sceptical humour, and the three actor-singers handle them with agile, self-effacing, sometimes self-mocking skill.
- This self-mocking stance is utterly engaging.
- He came off the course a little after noon, all philosophical smiles and self-mocking humour.
- With the disillusioned introspection of advancing years, the portraits, in his studio garb of coif and scarf, are almost self-mocking.
- Added to that, its clever, self-mocking charm will make it hard to come away feeling anything other than thoroughly entertained!
- Instead, with huge dollops of self-mocking humour he describes himself as ‘a new man’.
- He became determined to succeed as a writer, starting out as a journalist on a local newspaper in England, where he drew on his everyday experiences to write witty, mildly self-mocking columns.
- She has an appealing, sometimes self-mocking voice, and a characteristic form - many of the poems cover about one-half to two-thirds of the page.
- You can see it as an elaborate, self-reinventing, self-mocking form of ceremonial slapstick, where everyone gets pounded and everyone gets to have a belly laugh.
- Was this a self-mocking joke or a sly confession?
- His memories are conveyed in the light, self-mocking tones of members of the officer class, who inhabit a world of snug bars, bachelor pads and the Times crossword.
- Russians feel passionately about their folk music, reflecting as it does values of courage, pride and love, as well as a self-mocking humour that is charmingly British.

Derivatives

self-mockery

noun sɛlfˈmɒkəriˌsɛlfˈmɑkəri

mass noun

Teasing language or humour directed against oneself.
self-mockery was a ploy to ensure that people would relax around him
Example sentencesExamples
- Each day of our trip (with a hint of self-mockery, to his credit) he would test-run another item, be it a slick neoprene jacket or a water-dispensing backpack.
- He will also punctually attend early morning classes where they teach self-mockery, and throughout the day, he will try to implement the techniques he has learned.
- Since he's almost invariably in considerably worse physical condition than the person who did the original trip, there's a large element of self-mockery which works quite well.

self-mockingly

adverb

Rhymes

self-cocking, shocking, stocking

Definition of self-mocking in US English:

self-mocking

adjectiveˈˌself ˈmäkiNG

Mocking oneself.
a wry, self-mocking smile
Example sentencesExamples
- There is an obvious element of parody or self-mocking in the Wild West glamour of these lyrics, yet they still stand as a constructed and presumably attractive fantasy for listeners.
- The score and the lyrics have something of Sondheim's sophisticated, sceptical humour, and the three actor-singers handle them with agile, self-effacing, sometimes self-mocking skill.
- This self-mocking stance is utterly engaging.
- The obligatory trip round the Oval Office is now so much of a ritual that he approaches it with the wry, self-mocking tone of an ersatz tour guide.
- Her views are a complex balance of reactionary and radical, feisty and brittle, arrogant and self-mocking.
- Generally, though, it's so self-mocking as to be a little endearing.
- Was this a self-mocking joke or a sly confession?
- She has an appealing, sometimes self-mocking voice, and a characteristic form - many of the poems cover about one-half to two-thirds of the page.
- He became determined to succeed as a writer, starting out as a journalist on a local newspaper in England, where he drew on his everyday experiences to write witty, mildly self-mocking columns.
- You can see it as an elaborate, self-reinventing, self-mocking form of ceremonial slapstick, where everyone gets pounded and everyone gets to have a belly laugh.
- This, of course, is the self-mocking director helpfully reducing a decade of celluloid sensationalism down to cheap tabloid soundbites.
- She stood somewhat shakily and took two slow, dragging steps before sitting down heavily once more with a self-mocking smile.
- Russians feel passionately about their folk music, reflecting as it does values of courage, pride and love, as well as a self-mocking humour that is charmingly British.
- His memories are conveyed in the light, self-mocking tones of members of the officer class, who inhabit a world of snug bars, bachelor pads and the Times crossword.
- It is a tone which is self-mocking, generous and warm.
- Instead, with huge dollops of self-mocking humour he describes himself as ‘a new man’.
- Our self-mocking domestic equivalent to America's invincible locomotive is the platoon of lawnmowers that shaved the Astroturf in the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.
- He came off the course a little after noon, all philosophical smiles and self-mocking humour.
- Added to that, its clever, self-mocking charm will make it hard to come away feeling anything other than thoroughly entertained!
- With the disillusioned introspection of advancing years, the portraits, in his studio garb of coif and scarf, are almost self-mocking.

单词	self-mocking
释义	Definition of self-mocking in English: self-mocking adjectivesɛlfˈmɒkɪŋ Mocking oneself. a wry, self-mocking smile Example sentencesExamples It is a tone which is self-mocking, generous and warm. She stood somewhat shakily and took two slow, dragging steps before sitting down heavily once more with a self-mocking smile. This, of course, is the self-mocking director helpfully reducing a decade of celluloid sensationalism down to cheap tabloid soundbites. Generally, though, it's so self-mocking as to be a little endearing. Our self-mocking domestic equivalent to America's invincible locomotive is the platoon of lawnmowers that shaved the Astroturf in the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics. The obligatory trip round the Oval Office is now so much of a ritual that he approaches it with the wry, self-mocking tone of an ersatz tour guide. Her views are a complex balance of reactionary and radical, feisty and brittle, arrogant and self-mocking. There is an obvious element of parody or self-mocking in the Wild West glamour of these lyrics, yet they still stand as a constructed and presumably attractive fantasy for listeners. The score and the lyrics have something of Sondheim's sophisticated, sceptical humour, and the three actor-singers handle them with agile, self-effacing, sometimes self-mocking skill. This self-mocking stance is utterly engaging. He came off the course a little after noon, all philosophical smiles and self-mocking humour. With the disillusioned introspection of advancing years, the portraits, in his studio garb of coif and scarf, are almost self-mocking. Added to that, its clever, self-mocking charm will make it hard to come away feeling anything other than thoroughly entertained! Instead, with huge dollops of self-mocking humour he describes himself as ‘a new man’. He became determined to succeed as a writer, starting out as a journalist on a local newspaper in England, where he drew on his everyday experiences to write witty, mildly self-mocking columns. She has an appealing, sometimes self-mocking voice, and a characteristic form - many of the poems cover about one-half to two-thirds of the page. You can see it as an elaborate, self-reinventing, self-mocking form of ceremonial slapstick, where everyone gets pounded and everyone gets to have a belly laugh. Was this a self-mocking joke or a sly confession? His memories are conveyed in the light, self-mocking tones of members of the officer class, who inhabit a world of snug bars, bachelor pads and the Times crossword. Russians feel passionately about their folk music, reflecting as it does values of courage, pride and love, as well as a self-mocking humour that is charmingly British. Derivatives self-mockery noun sɛlfˈmɒkəriˌsɛlfˈmɑkəri mass noun Teasing language or humour directed against oneself. self-mockery was a ploy to ensure that people would relax around him Example sentencesExamples Each day of our trip (with a hint of self-mockery, to his credit) he would test-run another item, be it a slick neoprene jacket or a water-dispensing backpack. He will also punctually attend early morning classes where they teach self-mockery, and throughout the day, he will try to implement the techniques he has learned. Since he's almost invariably in considerably worse physical condition than the person who did the original trip, there's a large element of self-mockery which works quite well. self-mockingly adverb Rhymes self-cocking, shocking, stocking Definition of self-mocking in US English: self-mocking adjectiveˈˌself ˈmäkiNG Mocking oneself. a wry, self-mocking smile Example sentencesExamples There is an obvious element of parody or self-mocking in the Wild West glamour of these lyrics, yet they still stand as a constructed and presumably attractive fantasy for listeners. The score and the lyrics have something of Sondheim's sophisticated, sceptical humour, and the three actor-singers handle them with agile, self-effacing, sometimes self-mocking skill. This self-mocking stance is utterly engaging. The obligatory trip round the Oval Office is now so much of a ritual that he approaches it with the wry, self-mocking tone of an ersatz tour guide. Her views are a complex balance of reactionary and radical, feisty and brittle, arrogant and self-mocking. Generally, though, it's so self-mocking as to be a little endearing. Was this a self-mocking joke or a sly confession? She has an appealing, sometimes self-mocking voice, and a characteristic form - many of the poems cover about one-half to two-thirds of the page. He became determined to succeed as a writer, starting out as a journalist on a local newspaper in England, where he drew on his everyday experiences to write witty, mildly self-mocking columns. You can see it as an elaborate, self-reinventing, self-mocking form of ceremonial slapstick, where everyone gets pounded and everyone gets to have a belly laugh. This, of course, is the self-mocking director helpfully reducing a decade of celluloid sensationalism down to cheap tabloid soundbites. She stood somewhat shakily and took two slow, dragging steps before sitting down heavily once more with a self-mocking smile. Russians feel passionately about their folk music, reflecting as it does values of courage, pride and love, as well as a self-mocking humour that is charmingly British. His memories are conveyed in the light, self-mocking tones of members of the officer class, who inhabit a world of snug bars, bachelor pads and the Times crossword. It is a tone which is self-mocking, generous and warm. Instead, with huge dollops of self-mocking humour he describes himself as ‘a new man’. Our self-mocking domestic equivalent to America's invincible locomotive is the platoon of lawnmowers that shaved the Astroturf in the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics. He came off the course a little after noon, all philosophical smiles and self-mocking humour. Added to that, its clever, self-mocking charm will make it hard to come away feeling anything other than thoroughly entertained! With the disillusioned introspection of advancing years, the portraits, in his studio garb of coif and scarf, are almost self-mocking.
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