'Mocking' definitions:

Definition of 'mocking'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" [syn: derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting]
adjective
Playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell [syn: mocking, teasing, quizzical]

Definition of 'Mocking'

From: GCIDE
  • Mock \Mock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Mocking.] [F. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. mocken to mumble, G. mucken, OSw. mucka.]
  • 1. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry. [1913 Webster]
  • To see the life as lively mocked as ever Still sleep mocked death. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Mocking marriage with a dame of France. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride. [1913 Webster]
  • Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. --1 Kings xviii. 27. [1913 Webster]
  • Let not ambition mock their useful toil. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation. [1913 Webster]
  • Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. --Judg. xvi. 13. [1913 Webster]
  • He will not . . . Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint. See Deride. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mocking'

From: GCIDE
  • Mocking \Mock"ing\, a. Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. [1913 Webster]
  • Mocking thrush (Zool.), any species of the genus Harporhynchus, as the brown thrush ({Harporhynchus rufus}).
  • Mocking wren (Zool.), any American wren of the genus Thryothorus, esp. Thryothorus Ludovicianus. [1913 Webster] mockingbird

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