The meaning of Mocking

Mocking – definition

adjective
Making fun of someone or something in a cruel way; derisive.
Usage examples:
He got jeers and mocking laughter as he addressed the marchers

verb
Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.
Usage examples:
Opposition mps mocked the government's decision
Synonims:
Ridicule Jeer at Sneer at Deride Treat with contempt Treat contemptuously Scorn Make fun of Poke fun at Laugh at Make jokes about Laugh to scorn Scoff at Pillory Be sarcastic about Tease Taun
verb
Make a replica or imitation of something.

adjective
Mocking behaviour involves laughing at someone or something in an unkind way
Usage examples:
A mocking voice, mocking humour/laughter

Mocking translation into English

Mocking: translate from English into Chinese

嘲弄

Mocking: translate from English into Dutch

Bespotten, Spotachtig

Mocking: translate from English into French

Railleur, Narquois

Mocking: translate from English into German

Verspottung, Spöttisch, Spottend, Verhöhnung, Höhnisch, Mokant, Spöttelei

Mocking: translate from English into Hindi

मजाक

Mocking: translate from English into Italian

Beffardo, Derisorio

Mocking: translate from English into Korean

조롱

Mocking: translate from English into Russian

Насмешливый, Осмеяние, Пародирование

Mocking: translate from English into Spanish

Burlón, Burlas

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French mocquer ‘deride’.

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Mocking – similar words

mock

verb
Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.
Usage examples:
Opposition mps mocked the government's decision

adjective
Not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive.
Usage examples:
A mock-georgian red brick house

noun
Make a replica or imitation of something.

All meanings and translations of Mock

Mocking synonims

deride

verb
Express contempt for; ridicule.
Usage examples:
The decision was derided by environmentalists

All meanings and translations of Deride

pillory

noun
A wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse.
Usage examples:
The punishments for which may be confiscation of the fish, imprisonment, the pillory, and the offen…

verb
Put (someone) in a pillory.

verb
To severely criticize someone, especially in a public way
Usage examples:
Although regularly pilloried by the press as an obnoxious loudmouth, he is, nonetheless, an effecti…

All meanings and translations of Pillory

ridicule

noun
The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.
Usage examples:
He is held up as an object of ridicule

verb
Subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.
Usage examples:
His theory was ridiculed and dismissed

noun
Words or actions that make someone or something seem foolish or stupid
Usage examples:
He was an unhappy figure of ridicule, not a figure of fun, among his colleagues., she was ridiculed…

All meanings and translations of Ridicule

scorn

noun
A feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something.
Usage examples:
I do not wish to become the object of scorn

verb
Feel or express contempt or disdain for.
Usage examples:
He tended to scorn technological advances he did not come up with himself

noun
A strong feeling that someone or something is of little or no worth and deserves no respect
Usage examples:
These countries deserve our respect, not the scorn of a politician., a scornful laugh/look, he was …

All meanings and translations of Scorn

tease

verb
Make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way.
Usage examples:
I used to tease her about being so house-proud

noun
A person who makes fun of someone playfully or unkindly.
Usage examples:
Some think of him as a tease who likes to keep others guessing

verb
Mock or make fun of playfully

All meanings and translations of Tease

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