mock
[verb]
Synonyms:
- laugh at, deride, jeer, make fun of, poke fun at, ridicule, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt, tease
- mimic, ape, caricature, imitate, lampoon, parody, satirize, send up (Brit. informal)
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- imitation, artificial, dummy, fake, false, feigned, phoney or phony (informal), pretended, sham, spurious

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Related Words: buffoon, burlesque, caricature, parody, travesty, affect, assume, counterfeit, feign, simulate, pseudo, quasi, so-called, bogus, phony

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English Thesaurus: mock, make fun of somebody/something, laugh at somebody/something, poke fun at somebody/something, ridicule, ...

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I. mock¹ /mɒk $ mɑːk/ verb
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: moquier]

1. [intransitive and transitive] formal to laugh at someone or something and try to make them look stupid by saying unkind things about them or by copying them Synonym : make fun of:
Opposition MPs mocked the government’s decision.
‘Running away?’ he mocked.
It’s easy for you to mock, but we put a lot of work into this play.

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Mock something or someone is used especially in literature. In everyday English, people usually say make fun of something or someone:
Stop making fun of the way he talks!

2. [transitive] formal to make something seem completely useless:
Violent attacks like this mock the peace process.
—mocking adjective:
Her tone was mocking.
—mockingly adverb:
His lips twisted mockingly.
—mocker noun [countable]
mock something ↔ up phrasal verb
to make a full-size model of something so that it looks real
⇒ mock-up

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II. mock² adjective [only before noun]

1. not real, but intended to be very similar to a real situation, substance etc:
war games with mock battles
a mock interview
mock marble floors

2. mock surprise/horror/indignation etc surprise etc that you pretend to feel, especially as a joke:
She threw her hands up in mock horror.

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III. mock³ noun

1. mocks [plural] British English school examinations taken as practice before official examinations:
I’m revising for my mocks.

2. make mock of somebody literary to mock someone

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mock- /mɒk $ mɑːk/ prefix

1. used to show that an attitude or feeling is pretended, not real:
a mock-serious expression
His frown was mock-severe.

2. copying a particular style, especially of building:
a mock-Tudor fireplace

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mock
verb
ADV. bitterly, ruthlessly, scornfully | gently, softly ‘Too scary for you?’ he mocked softly.
subtly The play subtly mocks the conventions of courtly love.
PREP. at He mocked at her hopes of stardom.
for mocking him for his failure
with She mocked him with her smile.
PHRASES faintly/slightly mocking a faintly mocking smile

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mock formal to laugh at and say unkind things about a person, institution, belief etc, to show that you do not have a high opinion of them. Mock is a formal word - in everyday English people usually say make fun of:
The press mocked his attempts to appeal to young voters.
She was mocked by other pupils in her class.
You shouldn’t mock the afflicted! (=you should not make fun of people who cannot help having problems - used especially ironically, when really you think it is funny too)
make fun of somebody/something to make someone or something seem stupid by making unkind jokes about them:
Peter didn’t seem to realize that they were making fun of him.
It used to be fashionable to make fun of the European Parliament.
laugh at somebody/something to make unkind or funny remarks about someone or something, because they seem stupid or strange:
I don’t want the other kids to laugh at me.
People would laugh at the idea nowadays.
poke fun at somebody/something to make someone or something seem silly by making jokes about them, especially in a way that is funny but not really cruel:
a TV series that regularly poked fun at the government
He’s in no position to poke fun at other people’s use of English!
ridicule formal to make unkind remarks that make someone or something seem stupid:
Catesby ridiculed his suggestion.
His ideas were widely ridiculed at the time.
Scientists ridiculed him for doubting the existence of the greenhouse effect.
deride formal to make remarks that show you think that something is stupid or useless - often used when you think that the people who do this are wrong:
Some forms of alternative medicine – much derided by doctors – have been shown to help patients.
the system that Marxists previously derided as ‘bourgeois democracy’

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