mocking

mock (m

v. mocked, mock·ing, mocks

v.tr.

1. To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride.

a. To mimic, as in sport or derision. See Synonyms at ridicule.

b. To imitate; counterfeit.

3. To frustrate the hopes of; disappoint.

v.intr.

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

a. The act of mocking.

b. Mockery; derision: said it merely in mock.

2. An object of scorn or derision.

3. An imitation or a counterfeit.

adj.

Simulated; false; sham: a mock battle.

adv.

In an insincere or pretending manner: mock sorrowful.

[Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer.]

mocker n.

mocking·ly adv.

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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.

Translations

mocking [ˈmɒkɪŋ]

A. ADJ → burlón, socarrón

B. N → burlas fpl

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

mocking

adj → spöttisch

n → Spott m

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

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I turned from it with indifference, and brushing away the leaves from the tablet of the dead pagan restored to light the mocking words which, fresh from their long neglect, seemed to have a certain pathos.

Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

On thy knees and draw the bow; bid the shrilling arrow go; In the empty, mocking thicket plunge the spear; But thy hands are loosed and weak, and the blood has left thy cheek-- It is Fear, O Little Hunter, it is Fear!

The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

Once more darkness and silence enveloped me, a silence that was broken only by a single mocking laugh.

Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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