mock
verb (used with object)
to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
will mock
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future tenseof mock.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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They will resist, they will refuse, they will mock and they will summon all their talent and creativity to tell the truth.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
“If they say the opposite, everyone will mock them. They will point to other people and say: ‘If they did it, why can’t you?’”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
She will mock California’s woo-woo atmospherics, how it “makes you so chill, maaaaaaan,” in a surfer drawl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
Both had made their points through counsel, but Kagan got in the last word: If you hijack my question, Sam, I will mock you.
From Slate ● May 30, 2017
They watch me warily, to see if I will mock them.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
