mock

(mŏk)

v. mocked, mock·ing, mocks

v.tr.

a. To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride: was mocked for contradicting himself; mocked her superficial understanding of the issues. See Synonyms at ridicule.

b. To imitate in fun or derision: mocked his high-pitched voice.

c. To mimic or resemble closely: a whistle that mocks the call of seabirds.

a. To frustrate the hopes or intentions of: "The massive blister mocked my efforts" (Willie Morris).

b. To cause to appear irrelevant, ineffectual, or impossible: "The Depression mocked the Puritan assumption that failure in life was the wages of sin when even the hardest-working, most pious husbands began to lose hope" (Walter McDougall).

v.intr.

To express scorn or ridicule; jeer: They mocked at the idea.

1. The act of mocking.

2. An object of scorn or derision: became the mock of his associates.

adj.

Simulated; false; sham: a mock battle.

adv.

In an insincere or pretending manner: mock sorrowful.

Idiom:

make/a mock of

To subject to ridicule; mock.

[Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer.]

mock′er n.

mock′ing·ly adv.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	mocking - abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" derisive, gibelike, jeering, taunting disrespectful - exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher"
	2.	mocking - playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell quizzical, teasing playful - full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school"

mocking

adjective scornful, insulting, taunting, scoffing, satirical, contemptuous, irreverent, sarcastic, sardonic, derisory, disrespectful, disdainful, derisive, satiric, contumelious She gave a mocking smile.

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mocking

adjective

Contemptuous or ironic in manner or wit:

derisive, jeering, sarcastic, satiric, satirical, scoffing, sneering.

Translations

ساخِر، هازئ

uštěpačný

hånlig

spöttisch

moqueur

hæîandi, spottandi

mocking

[ˈmɒkɪŋ]

A. ADJ → burlón, socarrón

B. N → burlas fpl

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mocking

[ˈmɒkɪŋ] adj [smile, laughter] → moqueur/euse

mocking

adj → spöttisch

n → Spott m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mocking

[ˈmɒkɪŋ] adj (gen) → beffardo/a, derisorio/a, di scherno

mock

(mok) verb

to laugh at or cause to seem ridiculous. They mocked her efforts at cooking.

adjective

pretended or not real. a mock battle; He looked at me in mock horror.

ˈmockery noun

an act of making fun of something. She could not bear the mockery of the other children.

ˈmocking adjective

a mocking laugh.

ˈmockingly adverb