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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule;
- Example: "derisive laughter"
- Example: "a jeering crowd"
- Example: "her mocking smile"
- Example: "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'";
[syn: derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting]

2. playfully vexing (especially by ridicule);
- Example: "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
[syn: mocking, teasing, quizzical]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mock \Mock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Mocking.] [F. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. mocken to mumble, G. mucken, OSw. mucka.] 1. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry. [1913 Webster] To see the life as lively mocked as ever Still sleep mocked death. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Mocking marriage with a dame of France. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride. [1913 Webster] Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. --1 Kings xviii. 27. [1913 Webster] Let not ambition mock their useful toil. --Gray. [1913 Webster] 3. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation. [1913 Webster] Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. --Judg. xvi. 13. [1913 Webster] He will not . . . Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Syn: To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint. See Deride. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mocking \Mock"ing\, a. Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. [1913 Webster] Mocking thrush (Zool.), any species of the genus Harporhynchus, as the brown thrush (Harporhynchus rufus). Mocking wren (Zool.), any American wren of the genus Thryothorus, esp. Thryothorus Ludovicianus. [1913 Webster] mockingbird
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mocking adj 1: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" [syn: derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting] 2: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell [syn: mocking, teasing, quizzical]