mockingly


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mock

(mŏk)
v. mocked, mock·ing, mocks
v.tr.
1.
a. To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride: was mocked for contradicting himself; mocked her superficial understanding of the issues. See Synonyms at ridicule.
b. To imitate in fun or derision: mocked his high-pitched voice.
c. To mimic or resemble closely: a whistle that mocks the call of seabirds.
2.
a. To frustrate the hopes or intentions of: "The massive blister mocked my efforts" (Willie Morris).
b. To cause to appear irrelevant, ineffectual, or impossible: "The Depression mocked the Puritan assumption that failure in life was the wages of sin when even the hardest-working, most pious husbands began to lose hope" (Walter McDougall).
v.intr.
To express scorn or ridicule; jeer: They mocked at the idea.
n.
1. The act of mocking.
2. An object of scorn or derision: became the mock of his associates.
adj.
Simulated; false; sham: a mock battle.
adv.
In an insincere or pretending manner: mock sorrowful.
Idiom:
make/a mock of
To subject to ridicule; mock.

[Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer.]

mock′er n.
mock′ing·ly adv.
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Adv. 1. [画像:mockingly - in a disrespectful jeering manner]mockingly - in a disrespectful jeering manner
2. mockingly - in a disrespectful and mocking manner; "`Sorry,' she repeated derisively"
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Translations
بصورةٍ ساخِرَه
posměšně
hånligt
háîuglega
alaycı bir şekilde

mockingly

[ˈmɒkɪŋlɪ] ADV [say] → en tono burlón, con sorna ; [smile, look] → burlonamente, con sorna
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mockingly

advspöttisch, voller Spott ; she mockingly repeated his wordssie äffte seine Worte nach
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mockingly

[ˈmɒkɪŋlɪ] adv (smile) → beffardamente ; (speak) → con tono di scherno
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mock

(mok) verb
to laugh at or cause to seem ridiculous. They mocked her efforts at cooking. bespot يَهْزأ، يَسْخَر присмивам се troçar vysmívat se verspotten gøre nar af κοροϊδεύω, περιπαίζω burlarse pilkama تقلید در اوردن pilkata se moquer de לִלעוֹג चिढ़ाना izrugivati (ki)gúnyol mencemooh hæða, gera að athlægi canzonare, prendere in giro あざける 비웃다 išjuokti, pašiepti izsmiet mempersendakan bespotten gjøre narr av, håne wyśmiać, wykpić تقليد كول troçar a-şi bate joc de насмехаться; осмеивать vysmievať sa norčevati se ismevati förlöjliga, driva med, göra sig lustig över, håna เยาะเย้ย alay etmek 嘲弄 насміхатися; висміювати مزاق اڑانا nhạo báng 嘲弄
adjective
pretended or not real. a mock battle; He looked at me in mock horror. nagemaakte غَيْر حَقيقي، صُوَري престорен fingido předstíraný Schein-, nachgemacht kunstig; påtaget ψεύτικος, προσποιητός ficticio, falso mängu-, teeseldud ساختگی؛ تقلیدی teko- simulé מדומה बनावटी ismijan hamis, ál pura-pura uppgerðar- finto, simulato 模擬の 모조의 netikras, apsimestinis neīsts; viltots; tēlots pura-pura voorgewend fingert, påtatt, skinn- udawany, pozorowany نا ريښتينى fingido simulat; prefăcut мнимый; учебный predstieraný hlinjen prividan låtsad, spelad ล้อเลียน sahte, yapmacık 模仿,模擬 підроблений; удаваний مصنوعی giả 模拟
ˈmockery noun
an act of making fun of something. She could not bear the mockery of the other children. bespotting سُخْرِيَه، إسْتِهْزاء подигравки troça posměch der Spott latterliggørelse κοροϊδία, εμπαιγμός burla, parodia pilkamine تمسخر pilkka moquerie לגלוג मजाक ismijavanje (ki)csúfolás cemoohan háð, aðhlátur presa in giro あざけり 비웃음, 조소 pajuoka, pašaipa izsmiekls ejekan spot latterliggjøring, hån kpina مسخره troça bătaie de joc насмешка; издевательство posmech norčevanje smejurija begabbelse, retsamhet, hån การล้อเลียน alay 嘲弄 насмішка, глум تضحیک trò đùa 嘲笑
ˈmocking adjective
a mocking laugh. bespottend ساخِر، هازئ подигравателен trocista uštěpačný spöttisch hånlig κοροϊδευτικός burlón pilkav مسخره pilkallinen moqueur מְלַגלֵג मजाकिया podrugljiv gúnyos mengejek hæðandi, spottandi beffardo, derisorio ばかにした 비웃는 pašaipus izsmejošs mengejek spottend spottende, hånsk kpiący د خندا وړ trocista bat­jo­coritor издевательский uštipačný posmehljiv ismevajući retsam, spydig, hånfull หัวเราะเยาะ alaycı 嘲弄的 насмішкуватий مضحکہ خیز chế giễu 嘲弄的
ˈmockingly adverb
bespottend بصورةٍ ساخِرَه подигравателно de brincadeira posměšně spöttisch hånligt κοροϊδευτικά de forma burlona pilkavalt ریشخند کنان pilkallisesti par moquerie בְּלַעַג मजाक करते हुए podrugljivo gúnyolódva dengan mengejek háðuglega con aria di scherno ばかにして 비웃듯이 pašaipiai izsmejoši dengan mengejek spottend spottende, hånsk kpiąco مسخره كونكى por troça batjocoritor насмешливо; с издевкои posmešne posmehljivo ismevajući retsamt, spydigt, hånfullt อย่างเยาะเย้ย alaycı bir şekilde 嘲弄地 насмішкувато مضحکہ خیز انداز میں kiểu chế giễu 嘲弄地,取笑地
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References in classic literature ?
"Come, Prince," she cried mockingly, "it was only a week ago that you assured me that my husband could not leave America.
Tired of waiting, the Assassins called to him mockingly: "Good-by till tomorrow.
'Aha!' she cried mockingly, 'you would fetch your dearest, but the beautiful bird sits no longer singing in the nest; the cat has got it, and will scratch out your eyes as well.
"You won't do it again, eh?" said one of the soldiers, winking and turning mockingly to Ramballe.
Towards morning, however, Zarathustra laughed to his heart, and said mockingly: "Happiness runneth after me.
I remember how mockingly bright the day seemed as I went back on my melancholy pilgrimage to the little house at Woking, how busy the streets and vivid the moving life about me.
At that moment, when the revelation of everything was hanging over him, there was nothing he expected so much as that she would answer mockingly as before that his suspicions were absurd and utterly groundless.
Lop-Ear chattered mockingly at me, and, springing upon me unseen, tumbled me over.
45-52) But upon Aphrodite herself Zeus cast sweet desire to be joined in love with a mortal man, to the end that, very soon, not even she should be innocent of a mortal's love; lest laughter-loving Aphrodite should one day softly smile and say mockingly among all the gods that she had joined the gods in love with mortal women who bare sons of death to the deathless gods, and had mated the goddesses with mortal men.
What, yo'r there?' Some hoarse sounds meant for this, came mockingly out of her at last; and her head dropped forward on her breast.
"An evil spirit!" repeated the other, mockingly; "'tis the spirit that has taken the lives of so many Hurons; the spirit that slew my young men at 'the tumbling river'; that took their scalps at the 'healing spring'; and who has, now, bound the arms of Le Renard Subtil!"
"That is indeed appropriate!" she replied mockingly, as he placed the song before her.