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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mock \mock\, v. t. imp. p. p. mocked; p. pr. vb. n.
mocking. f. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. od. mocken
to mumble, g. mucken, osw. mucka.
1. to imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt,
or derision; to deride by mimicry.
1913 webster
to see the life as lively mocked as ever
still sleep mocked death. --shak.
1913 webster
mocking marriage with a dame of france. --shak.
1913 webster
2. to treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.
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elijah mocked them, and said, cry aloud. --1 kings
xviii. 27.
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let not ambition mock their useful toil. --gray.
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3. to disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as,
to mock expectation.
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thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. --judg. xvi.
13.
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he will not . . .
mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
--milton.
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syn: to deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint.
see deride.
1913 webster
see also:
mocked mocking deride
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mocking \mock"ing\, a.
imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;
mimicking; derisive.
1913 webster
mocking thrush zool., any species of the genus
harporhynchus, as the brown thrush harporhynchus
rufus.
mocking wren zool., any american wren of the genus
thryothorus, esp. thryothorus ludovicianus.
1913 webster mockingbird
see also:
mocking thrush harporhynchus harporhynchus rufus mocking wren thryothorus thryothorus ludovicianus
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mocking
adj 1: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive
laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile";
"taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" syn: derisive,
gibelike, jeering, taunting
2: playfully vexing especially by ridicule; "his face wore a
somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- lawrence
durrell syn: teasing, quizzical
see also:
derisive gibelike jeering taunting teasing quizzical
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
52 moby thesaurus words for "mocking":
adoption, appropriation, assumption, bantering, booing,
borrowed plumes, catcalling, chaffing, copying, derisive, derisory,
derivation, deriving, fleering, flippant, fooling, grinning,
hissing, hooting, imitation, infringement, jeering, joshing,
kidding, leering, panning, pasticcio, pastiche, pirating,
plagiarism, plagiary, quizzical, ragging, railing, rallying,
razzing, ridiculing, roasting, scoffing, simulation, smart,
smart-alecky, smart-ass, smirking, sneering, snickering,
sniggering, snorting, taking, taunting, teasing, twitting
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