Antonyms for mock
mɒkmock

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mock

   A sneer may be simply a contemptuous facial contortion, or it may be some brief satirical utterance that throws a contemptuous side-light on what it attacks without attempting to prove or disprove; a depreciatory implication may be given in a sneer such as could only be answered by elaborate argument or proof, which would seem to give the attack undue importance:

   Who can refute a sneer?

   Paley Moral Philosophy bk. v, ch. ix.

   A fling is careless and commonly pettish; a taunt is intentionally insulting and provoking; the sneer is supercilious; the taunt is defiant. The jeer and gibe are uttered; the gibe is bitter, and often sly or covert; the jeer is rude and open. A scoff may be in act or word, and is commonly directed against that which claims honor, reverence, or worship. Compare BANTER.

   Synonyms:
   fling, gibe, jeer, scoff, sneer, taunt

   Preposition:
   Only an essentially vicious mind is capable of a sneer at virtue.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. mock

   Antonyms:
   salute, welcome, respect, admire, compliment, mode

   Synonyms:
   jeer, ridicule, flout, mimic, insult, ape, deride, deceive, imitate

Matched Categories

1. • Imitate

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. mockadjective

   the act of mocking or ridiculing

   "they made a mock of him"

   Antonyms:
   echt, genuine

2. mockverb

   constituting a copy or imitation of something

   "boys in mock battle"

   Antonyms:
   genuine, echt

3. mock, bemockverb

   treat with contempt

   "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles"

   Antonyms:
   genuine, echt

   Synonyms:
   bemock

4. mockverb

   imitate with mockery and derision

   "The children mocked their handicapped classmate"

   Antonyms:
   echt, genuine

   Synonyms:
   bemock

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1. mockadjective

   Synonyms:
   sham, spurious, counterfieit, imitational

2. mockverb

   Synonyms:
   mimic, flout, taunt, imitate, gibe, ridicule, jeer, schout, balk, disappoint, delude, tantalize, elude, defy, disregard, ape, mimic, personate

How to use mock in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   I was not imitating. I would never -- who would ever do that? If somebody had a disability, who would mock a disability? I would never. I'm a smart person ... Who would ever mock somebody, especially if you're running for office? i would have not done it, because it's confusing.

2. Amelia Landers:

   We've got mock stores set up, we have different versions of the drive-thru layout.

3. John Dowd:

   I do not intend to address every inaccurate statement attributed to me -- but I do want to make this clear : there was no so-called' practice session' or're - enactment' of a mock interview at the Special Counsel's office, further, I did not refer to the President as a' liar' and did not say that he was likely to end up in an' orange jump suit'. It was a great honor and distinct privilege to serve President Trump.

4. Tulane University:

   The comment was written on a makeshift wall on our private property, normally used for a game of capture the flag, to mock the ideologies of a political candidate.

5. Subodh Chandra:

   This case goes to the heart of what it means to be an American, we have not only the right to criticize government, but to mock it mercilessly.

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