Thesaurus: mock
To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.
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Definitions
- v. t. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.
- v. t. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.
- v. t. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation.
- v. i. To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.
- n. An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
- n. Imitation; mimicry.
- a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.
- adj. constituting a copy or imitation of something
- n. the act of mocking or ridiculing
- v. treat with contempt
- v. imitate with mockery and derision