mock
verb (used with object)
to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
mocked
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past participleof mock.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof mock.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
mockverb (used with object)to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
Example Sentences
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In May, I challenged him to have tacos with my dad and me after the internet mocked him for declaring that the hard-shell tacos at a Del Taco in Barstow were “street.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The political editor of KSDK-TV in St. Louis, Schmitt’s home market, mocked him openly for the mistake.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Images of the signatures for the order were mocked online, external however - when it was discovered "United States" had been spelt incorrectly underneath President Trump's signature.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
He then mocked one of the main topics of this year’s General Assembly—an effort to put restraints on artificial intelligence, which Trump said should be called superintelligence, because the word artificial makes it sound “fake.”
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
“She not only saw past the beard, but she mocked me.”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
