Synonyms for mock
mɒkmock

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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.

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1. mock

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

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

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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"

   Synonyms:
   bemock

   Antonyms:
   genuine, echt

4. mockverb

   imitate with mockery and derision

   "The children mocked their handicapped classmate"

   Synonyms:
   bemock

   Antonyms:
   echt, genuine

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1. • Imitate

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1. mockverb

   Synonyms:
   ape, mimic, imitate, counterfeit, take off

2. mockverb

   Synonyms:
   deride, ridicule, jibe, jeer, taunt, scout, chaff, laugh at, make game of, make fun of, treat with contempt, treat with scorn, make a butt of, make merry with, POKE FUN AT

3. mockverb

   Synonyms:
   illude, deceive, disappoint, balk, cheat, dupe

4. mockadjective

   Synonyms:
   false, counterfeit, pretended, feigned, assumed, sham, spurious, clap-trap, not real, make-believe

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "mock":

   simulated, simulation, analog, imaginary, fictitious, sham, taunt, feigned, false

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1. Angela Russell:

   Hearing someone, who supposedly represents this country, mock the survivor of sexual assault makes my heart hurt, it hurts for that woman, for every woman who has survived sexual assault, Angela Russell included. This is why women stay quiet.

2. Alexis Bloomer:

   We don’t respect our elders —we don’t even respect our country, we’re stepping on our flag instead of stepping up to volunteer. And we mock the men and women that are fighting for us, but we praise the people that are fighting each other, guys.

3. Mohammad Nowroz Haqmal:

   I was mentally and physically tortured, they beat me in the basement, and there were so many mock executions – more than twenty times the Taliban put a knife to my neck. I never thought I would make it out alive.

4. Kevin Golden:

   This morning, Twitter locked our account for posting the video of real-world, violent threats made against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, this is the problem with the speech police in America today : The Lexington-Herald can attack Mitch with cartoon tombstones of The Lexington-Herald opponents. But we can't mock it.

5. Michael Connell:

   The mock carrier didn’t fire back.