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Meaning of MOCKING

Pronunciation:  m'âking

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"
  2. [adj]  playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
 
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 Synonyms: derisive, disrespectful, gibelike, jeering, playful, quizzical, taunting, teasing
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mock"ing\, a.
Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;
mimicking; derisive.
{Mocking bird} (Zo["o]l.), 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["o]l.), any species of the genus
   {Harporhynchus}, as the brown thrush ({H. rufus}).
{Mocking wren} (Zo["o]l.), any American wren of the genus
   {Thryothorus}, esp. {T. Ludovicianus}.
 
Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Dreaming that someone is mocking you or making fun on you indicates that you are suffering from low self-esteem.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: adoption, appropriation, assumption, bantering, booing, borrowed plumes, catcalling, chaffing, copying, derisive, derisory, derivation, deriving, fleering, flippant, fooling, grinning, hissing, hooting, imitation, infringement, jeering, joshing, kidding, leering, panning, pasticcio, pastiche, pirating, plagiarism, plagiary, quizzical, ragging, railing, rallying, razzing, ridiculing, roasting, scoffing, simulation, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, taking, taunting, teasing, twitting
 

 

 

 

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