mocking

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}, {mocking}, {taunting}]
    2: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a
       somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
       [syn: {mocking}, {teasing}, {quizzical}]
    

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.
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            To see the life as lively mocked as ever
            Still sleep mocked death.             --Shak.
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            Mocking marriage with a dame of France. --Shak.
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   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}.
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Mocking \Mock"ing\, a.
   Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;
   mimicking; derisive.
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   {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
    

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