VERB | communication | mock, bemock | treat with contempt |
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communication | mock | imitate with mockery and derision | |
ADJECTIVE | all | mock | constituting a copy or imitation of something |
NOUN | act | mock | the act of mocking or ridiculing |
Sounds | maa'k | |
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Rhymes | aftershock ... woodcock: 87 rhymes with aak... |
Meaning | constituting a copy or imitation of something. | |
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Example | "boys in mock battle" | |
Broader | counterfeit, imitative | not genuine |
Spanish | fingido, imitado, simulado | |
Catalan | artificial, de prova, fingit, imitat, simulat |
Meaning | The act of mocking or ridiculing. | |
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Example | "they made a mock of him" | |
Broader | derision, ridicule | The act of deriding or treating with contempt / contempt |
Verbs | mock | imitate with mockery and derision |
Meaning | treat with contempt. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Example | "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" | |
Synonym | bemock | |
Narrower | deride | treat or speak of with contempt / contempt / contempt |
ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun | subject to laughter or ridicule | |
tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride | harass with persistent criticism or carping | |
Broader | treat, handle, do by | interact in a certain way |
Spanish | burlarse, burlar, menospreciar, ridiculizar | |
Catalan | fer befa, fer escarni, mofar-se | |
Nouns | mocker | someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt / contempt or calls out in derision |
mockery | showing your contempt / contempt by derision |
Meaning | imitate with mockery and derision. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "The children mocked their handicapped classmate" | |
Narrower | caricature, ape | represent / represent in or produce a caricature of |
impersonate | represent another person with comic intentions | |
spoof, burlesque, parody | make a parody of | |
Broader | imitate, copy, simulate | Reproduce someone's behavior or looks |
Spanish | burlarse, escarnecer, mofarse | |
Catalan | fer befa, fer escarni, mofar-se | |
Nouns | mock | the act of mocking or ridiculing |
mocker | someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt / contempt or calls out in derision |
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