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Thesaurus: mock

To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

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