Antonyms for mock


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : mok
Phonetic Transcription : mÉ’k


Definition of mock

Origin :
  • early 15c., "to deceive;" mid-15c. "make fun of," from Old French mocquer "deride, jeer," of unknown origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *muccare "to blow the nose" (as a derisive gesture), from Latin mucus; or possibly from Middle Dutch mocken "to mumble" or Middle Low German mucken "grumble." Or perhaps simply imitative of such speech. Related: Mocked; mocking; mockingly. Replaced Old English bysmerian. Sense of "imitating," as in mockingbird and mock turtle (1763), is from notion of derisive imitation.
  • adj artificial, fake
  • verb ridicule
  • verb mimic
  • verb deceive
Example sentences :
  • To treat a child wholly as an adult would be to mock and destroy it.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • "He's a bad boy," said the Bookmaker, in a tone of mock condemnation.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Meeting Casanova in the entry, he gave him precedence with mock politeness.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • Like the forfeits in a barbers shop, As much in mock as mark.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • Nor were they the most horrible of those dreams in which she would help him to mock me.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • They little dream how sadly they mock and betray their own faces.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • At length they rose from the verdant green, and chased each other in mock pursuit.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • I mock at everything in the world, especially feelings; and she is taking alarm.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • It may be—it IS—devoted to purposes that mock the dead in their graves.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • "She's paying for her mock composure, after all," said the matrons.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor

Synonyms for mock

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019