Synonyms for mocking
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mok |
| Phonetic Transcription : mÉ’k |
Définition of mocking
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 uncivil
- Austin's face loomed before him like that of a mocking devil.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- (mocking me, for I sighed to be thus fooled with,) and do you sigh, love?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Once more he heard the dismal cry, and fancied it held a mocking note.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- She repelled my mocking smile with a glance of scornful indignation.
- Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte
- I was annoyed at being watched by those malevolent, mocking eyes.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Madeline, I implore you; tell me, are you mocking me, or are you speaking seriously?
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- I had always felt her mocking smile toward me and all my solemn thoughts.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Your mocking laughter would be hard to bear in conjunction with losing you.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- He looked at me with a mocking smile; but suddenly he rode nearer to me.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- And the servants ran laughing and mocking to find the goose-girl.
- Extract from : « The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault » by Charles Perrault
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