mocking

American  

[mok-ing] / ˈmɒk ɪŋ /

adjective

1. showing ridicule, contempt, or derision.

   Elsewhere along the parade route, small bands of protesters held mocking signs.

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noun

1. contemptuous, derisive, and usually imitative speech or action.

   Jake just turned his face away and took the mocking and ridicule his brothers dished out.

Other Word Forms

• mockingly adverb
• self-mocking adjective
• unmocking adjective
• unmockingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of mocking

First recorded in 1400–50; mock ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective; mock ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun

Example Sentences

Maduro responded to these attacks with mocking videos of himself dancing and refusing to be sucked into a war.

From Salon

The intelligence chief’s curt, deadpan delivery has helped popularize the work of the military intelligence agency, known as HUR, with the public using Budanov’s interviews for widely circulated memes on social media mocking Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal

On his 50th birthday he writes to his London publisher, insulting his appearance and mocking his miserly advance.

From The Wall Street Journal

If the episode were remade now, it wouldn’t end with a street full of pedestrians mocking Elaine’s dancing.

From The Wall Street Journal

King got into the spirit, mocking the way Riggs waddled around court like a duck.

From BBC

Related Words

• derisive
• sarcastic