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mocking

[mok-ing]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

showing ridicule, contempt, or derision.
Elsewhere along the parade route, small bands of protesters held mocking signs.

noun

contemptuous, derisive, and usually imitative speech or action.
Jake just turned his face away and took the mocking and ridicule his brothers dished out.

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Other Word Forms

mockingly adverb
self-mocking adjective
unmocking adjective
unmockingly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mocking¹

First recorded in 1400–50; mock ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective; mock ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun

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She added that she had "clumsily used a mocking tone".

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Some credit poor farmers using a clever substitute for meat while others think English pubs coined the name as a joke, mocking the Welsh for not affording real rabbit.

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When the meeting grew tense after a reporter asked about Trump's gifted plane from Qatar, Ramaphosa offered a mocking apology.

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But there is something we’re missing by simply mocking the tragic and demented character who once again resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Angus Taylor, Australia's shadow treasurer, wrote on social media that Albanese "mocking the ratings agency shows he's not fit to lead".

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