mocking

[Mock·ing]

When you talk to or about someone in a mocking tone, you're making fun of them in a nasty, mean way.

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Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive.

Adjective S.
abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward'' and `sissy''"

Adjective S.
playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell

p. pr. & vb. n.
of Mock

a.
Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive.

Mocking

Mock"ing, a. Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. Mocking bird (Zo'94l.), a North American singing bird (Mimus polyglottos), remarkable for its exact imitations of the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail and wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing; the outer tail feathers are partly white. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, found in Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. -- Mocking thrush (Zo'94l.), any species of the genus Harporhynchus, as the brown thrush (H. rufus). -- Mocking wren (Zo'94l.), any American wren of the genus Thryothorus, esp. T. Ludovicianus.

Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive.

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Usage Examples

When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre.