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mock
verb mocked, mocking
- tr & intr
1. To speak or behave disparagingly, derisively, or contemptuously towards someone or something.
- Thesaurus: ridicule, deride, scorn, taunt, disparage, insult, jeer, scoff, sneer, tease; Antonym: flatter, praise.
- Form: mock at someone (also)
- Form: mock at something
- Thesaurus: mimic, parody, imitate, mime, burlesque, parrot, caricature, ape, lampoon, satirize, send up.
- To make something seem to be impossible or useless; to defy, disappoint or frustrate it, as though showing contempt for it.
- Example: Violent winds mocked my attempt to pitch the tent
- 1. False; sham.
- Example: mock sincerity
- Thesaurus: imitation, artificial, fake, counterfeit, false, forged, ersatz, pseudo, spurious, synthetic.
- Example: a mock examination
- 1. colloq
- In England and Wales: a mock examination. Scots equivalent prelim.
3. An act of mocking.
noun
adj, noun
- Disparaging or derisive in speech or behaviour
- Thesaurus: derisive, sardonic, sarcastic, contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, rude, insulting; Antonym: respectful.
adverb
- colloq
To spoil or end its or their chances of success.
- Example: Well, that's put the mockers on my promotion
