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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.
Idiom: In an insincere or pretending manner: mock sorrowful.
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
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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 adjectivea 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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