Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mock
adjectivemocking (comparative more mocking, superlative most mocking)
comparative more mocking · superlative most mocking
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveabusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish pilkallinen, ivallinen
- pilkallinenderisive or contemptuous
- ivallinenderisive or contemptuous
- ilkkuvaderisive or contemptuous
German spöttisch
- spöttischderisive or contemptuous
Hungarian gúnyos
- gúnyosderisive or contemptuous
Irish aithriseach, aithriseach
- aithriseachderisive or contemptuous
- aithriseachteasing or taunting
Italian beffeggiante, dileggiante
- beffeggiantederisive or contemptuous
- dileggiantederisive or contemptuous
- deridentederisive or contemptuous
- burlescoderisive or contemptuous
- deridereteasing or taunting
- schernireteasing or taunting
- beffeggiareteasing or taunting
- dileggiareteasing or taunting
Romanian batjocoritor
- batjocoritorderisive or contemptuous
Spanish burlón
- burlónderisive or contemptuous
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mocking
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APA
mocking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mocking
MLA
“mocking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mocking. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mocking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mocking.
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