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She mocked the idea of a new pleasure cruiser for the royals.It was widely mocked as inflammatory scaremongering.He and his brother played at soldiers and choreographed their own mock battles while his father drilled in more serious fashion.He was widely mocked for it, not least because he was not actually in Libya when he made the recording.Use their advice during mock interviews with friends and family.So they are the subject of being mocked and ridiculed.She was driven into the desert for a mock execution.Was he mocking the idea of memorial greatness?There is a mock trial and visitors are invited to give their verdict and suggest other suspects.They split into teams for mock battles.Call him a fat cat who mocks the public.She has already been subjected to mock executions.Many might mock the idea but sometimes combining two totally unconnected things can really work.His first press conference after the scandal was widely mocked for his mawkish scripted apologies to family and fans.It's impossible to ridicule a show that mocks itself.At home, my girlfriend had waited up for me with mock disapproval.His campaign on her behalf caused him to be scorned, mocked and reviled.People are mocked and ridiculed, which is hard to take.Labour MPs shrieked in mock horror.In a series of vignettes he showed them mocking, criticising or dismissing almost all of the senior civilians in and around their chain of command.

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mock

British English: mock /mɒk/ ADJECTIVE
You use mock to describe something which is not genuine, but which is intended to be very similar to the real thing.
His voice was raised in mock horror.
  • American English: mock
  • Arabic: سَاخِرٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: falso
  • Chinese: 假的
  • Croatian: tobožnji
  • Czech: falešný
  • Danish: falsk
  • Dutch: onecht
  • European Spanish: simulado
  • Finnish: vale-
  • French: faux
  • German: unecht
  • Greek: ψεύτικος
  • Italian: finto
  • Japanese: まがいの
  • Korean: 모조의
  • Norwegian: uekte
  • Polish: pozorny
  • European Portuguese: falso
  • Romanian: fals
  • Russian: поддельный
  • Latin American Spanish: simulado
  • Swedish: låtsad
  • Thai: เลียนแบบ
  • Turkish: deneme sınavı
  • Ukrainian: копія
  • Vietnamese: giả
British English: mock /mɒk/ VERB
If you mock someone, you laugh at them, tease them, or try to make them look foolish.
I thought you were mocking me.
  • American English: mock
  • Arabic: يَسْخَرُ مِنَ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ridicularizar
  • Chinese: 嘲笑
  • Croatian: rugati se
  • Czech: zesměšnit
  • Danish: håne
  • Dutch: spotten met
  • European Spanish: mofarse
  • Finnish: pilkata
  • French: se moquer
  • German: verspotten
  • Greek: χλευάζω
  • Italian: deridere
  • Japanese: あざける
  • Korean: 놀리다
  • Norwegian: latterliggjøre
  • Polish: wyśmiewać
  • European Portuguese: ridicularizar
  • Romanian: a râde
  • Russian: насмехаться
  • Latin American Spanish: mofarse
  • Swedish: förlöjliga
  • Thai: เยาะเย้ย
  • Turkish: alay etmek
  • Ukrainian: копіювати
  • Vietnamese: coi thường

Chinese translation of 'mock'

mock

(mɔk)

vt

  1. (= ridicule) 嘲笑 (cháoxiào)

adj

  1. (= artificial, false) [style, material] 仿制(製)的 (fǎngzhì de)
  2. (= pretend) [emotion] 假装(裝)的 (jiǎzhuāng de)
  3. (= staged) [battle, execution] 模拟(擬)的 (mónǐ de)

Derived Forms

mocks n pl (Brit) (also mock exams, mock examinations) 模拟(擬)考试(試) (mónǐ kǎoshì)
(verb) 
Definition
to behave with scorn or contempt towards a person or thing
I thought you were mocking me.
Synonyms
laugh at
insult
tease
He teased me mercilessly about going there.
ridicule
I admire her for allowing them to ridicule her.
taunt
Other youths taunted him about his clothes.
scorn
people who scorned traditional methods
People scorn me as a single parent.
sneer
There is too great a readiness to sneer at anything they do.
scoff
At first I scoffed at the notion.
deride
This theory is widely derided by conventional scientists.
flout
illegal campers who persist in flouting the law
make fun of
wind someone up (British, slang)
You're joking. Come on, you're just winding me up.
poke fun at
chaff
take the mickey out of (informal)
jeer at
take the piss out of (taboo, slang)
show contempt for
make a monkey out of
laugh to scorn
Opposites
respect
,
encourage
,
praise
,
revere
,
big up (slang, mainly Caribbean)
(verb) 
Definition
to imitate or mimic, esp. in fun
Synonyms
mimic
She could mimic anybody, reducing her friends to helpless laughter.
do (informal)
take off (informal)
imitate
He screwed up his face and imitated the Colonel.
ape
These films merely ape Hollywood.
parody
It was easy to parody his rather pompous manner of speaking.
caricature
Her political career has been caricatured in the newspapers.
send up (British, informal)
counterfeit
travesty
lampoon
He was lampooned for his short stature and political views.
burlesque
satirize
The newspaper satirized our political leaders.
(verb) 
Definition
to defy or frustrate
Synonyms
foil
A brave police chief foiled an armed robbery.
defeat
The challenges of constructing such a huge novel almost defeated her.
disappoint
My hopes have been disappointed many times before.
frustrate
The government has deliberately frustrated his efforts.
defy
a fragrance that defies description
thwart
They were doing all they could to thwart the opposition.
(verb) 
Synonyms
deceive
He has deceived and disillusioned us all.
disappoint
fool
Art dealers fool a lot of people.
cheat
He cheated people out of their life savings.
mislead
Ministers knowingly misled the public.
let down
elude
belie
dupe
Some of the offenders duped the psychologists.
delude
We delude ourselves that we are in control.
(adjective) 
Definition
serving as an imitation or substitute, esp. for practice purposes
`It's tragic,' he swooned in mock horror.
Synonyms
imitation
a set of novels bound in imitation leather
pretended
Todd shrugged with pretended indifference.
artificial
The voice was affected, the accent artificial.
forged
She was carrying a forged American passport.
fake
The bank manager is said to have issued fake certificates.
false
He paid for a false passport.
faked
dummy
Soldiers were still using dummy guns.
bogus
bogus insurance claims
sham
The election has been denounced as a sham by world leaders.
fraudulent
fraudulent claims about being a nurse
pseudo (informal)
counterfeit
He admitted possessing and delivering counterfeit currency.
feigned
He answered me with feigned indifference.
spurious
a spurious framework for analysis
ersatz
an electric fire with ersatz logs
phoney or phony (informal)
Opposites
real
,
true
,
natural
,
genuine
,
authentic
,
sincere
,
dinkum (Australian, New Zealand, informal)
,
unfeigned
(noun) 
She found herself made a mock of.
Synonyms
laughing stock
His politics became the laughing stock of the financial community.
mockery
This action makes a mockery of the government's plans.
fool
He feels she has made a fool of him.
dupe
sport
Had themselves a bit of sport first, didn't they?
travesty
If he couldn't prepare his case properly the trial would be a travesty.
jest
It was a jest rather than a reproach.
Aunt Sally (British)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of ape
Definition
to imitate
These films merely ape Hollywood.
Synonyms
imitate,
copy,
mirror,
echo,
mock,
parrot,
mimic,
parody,
caricature,
affect,
counterfeit
in the sense of artificial
Definition
not sincere
The voice was affected, the accent artificial.
Synonyms
insincere,
forced,
affected,
assumed,
phoney or phony (informal),
put on,
false,
pretended,
hollow,
contrived,
unnatural,
feigned,
spurious,
meretricious
in the sense of bogus
Definition
not genuine
bogus insurance claims
Synonyms
fake,
false,
artificial,
forged,
dummy,
imitation,
sham,
fraudulent,
pseudo (informal),
counterfeit,
spurious,
ersatz,
phoney or phony (informal),
assumed

Synonyms of 'mock'

mock

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of burlesque
Synonyms
satirize,
take off (informal),
mock,
exaggerate,
ridicule,
imitate,
ape,
parody,
caricature,
send up (British, informal),
spoof (informal),
make fun of,
travesty,
lampoon,
take the piss out of (taboo, slang),
make a monkey out of
in the sense of caricature
Definition
to make a caricature of
Her political career has been caricatured in the newspapers.
Synonyms
parody,
take off (informal),
mock,
distort,
ridicule,
mimic,
send up (British, informal),
lampoon,
burlesque,
satirize
in the sense of cheat
Definition
to defraud
He cheated people out of their life savings.
Synonyms
deceive,
skin (slang),
trick,
fool,
take in (informal),
con (informal),
stiff (slang),
sting (informal),
mislead,
rip off (slang),
fleece,
hoax,
defraud,
dupe,
beguile,
gull (archaic),
do (informal),
swindle,
stitch up (slang),
victimize,
bamboozle (informal),
hoodwink,
double-cross (informal),
diddle (informal),
take for a ride (informal),
bilk,
pull a fast one on (informal),
screw (informal),
finagle (informal),
cozen,
scam (slang)
in the sense of counterfeit
Definition
pretended
He admitted possessing and delivering counterfeit currency.
Synonyms
fake,
copied,
false,
forged,
imitation,
bogus,
simulated,
sham,
fraudulent,
feigned,
spurious,
ersatz,
phoney or phony (informal),
pseud or pseudo (informal)
in the sense of defeat
Definition
to thwart or frustrate
The challenges of constructing such a huge novel almost defeated her.
Synonyms
frustrate,
foil,
thwart,
ruin,
baffle,
confound,
balk,
get the better of,
forestall,
stymie
in the sense of defy
Definition
to elude in a baffling way
a fragrance that defies description
Synonyms
foil,
defeat,
escape,
frustrate,
be beyond,
baffle,
thwart,
elude,
confound
in the sense of delude
Definition
to make someone believe something that is not true
We delude ourselves that we are in control.
Synonyms
deceive,
kid (informal),
fool,
trick,
take in (informal),
cheat,
con (informal),
mislead,
impose on,
hoax,
dupe,
beguile,
gull (archaic),
bamboozle (informal),
hoodwink,
take for a ride (informal),
pull the wool over someone's eyes,
lead up the garden path (informal),
cozen,
misguide,
scam (slang)
in the sense of deride
Definition
to speak of or treat with contempt or ridicule
This theory is widely derided by conventional scientists.
Synonyms
mock,
ridicule,
scorn,
knock (informal),
insult,
taunt,
sneer,
jeer,
disdain,
scoff,
detract,
flout,
disparage,
chaff,
gibe,
take the piss out of (taboo, slang),
pooh-pooh,
contemn
in the sense of disappoint
Definition
to prevent the fulfilment of (a plan, etc.)
My hopes have been disappointed many times before.
Synonyms
frustrate,
foil,
thwart,
defeat,
baffle,
balk
in the sense of dummy
Definition
imitation or substitute
Soldiers were still using dummy guns.
Synonyms
imitation,
false,
fake,
artificial,
mock,
bogus,
simulated,
sham,
phoney or phony (informal)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of dupe
Definition
to deceive or cheat
Some of the offenders duped the psychologists.
Synonyms
deceive,
trick,
cheat,
con (informal),
kid (informal),
sting (informal),
rip off (slang),
hoax,
defraud,
beguile,
gull (archaic),
delude,
swindle,
outwit,
bamboozle (informal),
hoodwink,
take for a ride (informal),
pull a fast one on (informal),
cozen,
scam (slang)
in the sense of ersatz
Definition
made in imitation of something more expensive
an electric fire with ersatz logs
Synonyms
artificial,
substitute,
pretend,
fake,
imitation,
synthetic,
bogus,
simulated,
sham,
counterfeit,
spurious,
phoney or phony (informal)
in the sense of fake
Definition
not genuine
The bank manager is said to have issued fake certificates.
Synonyms
artificial,
false,
forged,
counterfeit,
affected,
assumed,
put-on,
pretend (informal),
mock,
imitation,
sham,
pseudo (informal),
feigned,
pinchbeck,
phoney or phony (informal)
in the sense of false
Definition
not real or genuine but intended to seem so
He paid for a false passport.
Synonyms
artificial,
forged,
fake,
mock,
reproduction,
synthetic,
replica,
imitation,
bogus,
simulated,
sham,
pseudo (informal),
counterfeit,
feigned,
spurious,
ersatz,
pretended
in the sense of feigned
He answered me with feigned indifference.
Synonyms
pretended,
affected,
assumed,
false,
artificial,
fake,
imitation,
simulated,
sham,
pseudo (informal),
fabricated,
counterfeit,
spurious,
ersatz,
insincere
in the sense of flout
Definition
to deliberately disobey (a rule, law, etc.)
illegal campers who persist in flouting the law
Synonyms
defy,
scorn,
spurn,
scoff at,
outrage,
insult,
mock,
scout (archaic),
ridicule,
taunt,
deride,
sneer at,
jeer at,
take the piss out of (taboo, slang),
laugh in the face of,
show contempt for,
gibe at,
treat with disdain
in the sense of fool
Definition
to deceive (someone), esp. in order to make them look ridiculous
Art dealers fool a lot of people.
Synonyms
deceive,
cheat,
mislead,
delude,
kid (informal),
trick,
take in,
con (informal),
stiff (slang),
have (someone) on,
bluff,
hoax,
dupe,
beguile,
gull (archaic),
swindle,
make a fool of,
bamboozle,
hoodwink,
take for a ride (informal),
put one over on (informal),
play a trick on,
pull a fast one on (informal),
scam (slang)
in the sense of fool
Definition
a person who is made to appear ridiculous
He feels she has made a fool of him.
Synonyms
dupe,
butt,
mug (British, slang),
sucker (slang),
gull (archaic),
stooge (slang),
laughing stock,
pushover (informal),
fall guy (informal),
chump (informal),
greenhorn (informal),
easy mark (informal)
in the sense of forged
She was carrying a forged American passport.
Synonyms
fake,
copy,
false,
counterfeit,
pretend,
artificial,
mock,
pirated,
reproduction,
synthetic,
imitation,
bogus,
simulated,
duplicate,
quasi,
sham,
fraudulent,
pseudo,
fabricated,
copycat (informal),
falsified,
ersatz,
unoriginal,
ungenuine,
phony or phoney (informal)
in the sense of fraudulent
Definition
proceeding from fraud
fraudulent claims about being a nurse
Synonyms
deceitful,
false,
crooked (informal),
untrue,
sham,
treacherous,
dishonest,
deceptive,
counterfeit,
spurious,
crafty,
swindling,
double-dealing,
duplicitous,
knavish (archaic),
phoney or phony (informal),
criminal

Additional synonyms

in the sense of frustrate
Definition
to hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
The government has deliberately frustrated his efforts.
Synonyms
thwart,
stop,
check,
block,
defeat,
disappoint,
counter,
confront,
spoil,
foil,
baffle,
inhibit,
hobble,
balk,
circumvent,
forestall,
neutralize,
stymie,
nullify,
render null and void,
crool or cruel (Australian, slang)
in the sense of imitate
Definition
to mimic or impersonate, esp. for amusement
He screwed up his face and imitated the Colonel.
Synonyms
do an impression of,
take off (informal),
mimic,
do (informal),
affect,
copy,
mock,
parody,
caricature,
send up (British, informal),
spoof (informal),
impersonate,
burlesque,
personate
in the sense of jest
Definition
something done or said to amuse people
It was a jest rather than a reproach.
Synonyms
joke,
play,
crack (slang),
sally,
gag (informal),
quip,
josh (slang),
banter,
hoax,
prank,
wisecrack (informal),
pleasantry,
witticism,
jape,
bon mot,
sport,
fun
in the sense of lampoon
Definition
to ridicule and criticize (someone) in a lampoon
He was lampooned for his short stature and political views.
Synonyms
ridicule,
mock,
mimic,
parody,
caricature,
send up (British, informal),
take off (informal),
make fun of,
squib,
burlesque,
satirize,
pasquinade,
take the piss (out of) (informal)
in the sense of mislead
Definition
to give false or confusing information to
Ministers knowingly misled the public.
Synonyms
deceive,
fool,
delude,
take someone in (informal),
bluff,
beguile,
misdirect,
misinform,
hoodwink,
lead astray,
pull the wool over someone's eyes (informal),
take someone for a ride (informal),
misguide,
give someone a bum steer (informal, US)
in the sense of mockery
Definition
a person, thing, or action that is so worthless that it seems like a parody
This action makes a mockery of the government's plans.
Synonyms
farce,
laughing stock,
joke,
apology (informal),
letdown
in the sense of parody
Definition
to make a parody of
It was easy to parody his rather pompous manner of speaking.
Synonyms
take off (informal),
mimic,
caricature,
send up (British, informal),
spoof (informal),
travesty,
lampoon,
poke fun at,
burlesque,
take the piss out of (taboo, slang),
satirize,
do a takeoff of (informal)
in the sense of pretended
Todd shrugged with pretended indifference.
Synonyms
feigned,
alleged,
so-called,
phoney or phony (informal),
false,
pretend (informal),
fake,
imaginary,
bogus,
professed,
sham,
purported,
pseudo (informal),
counterfeit,
spurious,
fictitious,
avowed,
ostensible
in the sense of ridicule
Definition
to make fun of or mock
I admire her for allowing them to ridicule her.
Synonyms
laugh at,
mock,
make fun of,
make a fool of,
humiliate,
taunt,
sneer at,
parody,
caricature,
jeer at,
scoff at,
deride,
send up (British, informal),
lampoon,
poke fun at,
take the piss (out of) (taboo, slang),
chaff,
take the mickey out of (informal),
satirize,
pooh-pooh,
laugh out of court,
make a monkey out of,
make someone a laughing stock,
laugh to scorn
in the sense of satirize
Definition
to ridicule (a person or thing) by means of satire
The newspaper satirized our political leaders.
Synonyms
ridicule,
parody,
send up (British, informal),
take off (informal),
criticize,
deride,
travesty,
pillory,
lampoon,
burlesque,
diss (slang),
hold up to ridicule

Additional synonyms

in the sense of scoff
Definition
to speak in a scornful and mocking way about (something)
At first I scoffed at the notion.
Synonyms
scorn,
mock,
laugh at,
ridicule,
knock (informal),
scout (archaic),
taunt,
despise,
sneer,
jeer,
deride,
slag (off) (slang),
flout,
belittle,
revile,
make light of,
poke fun at,
twit,
take the piss (out of) (taboo, slang),
gibe,
pooh-pooh,
make sport of
in the sense of scorn
Definition
to refuse to have or do (something) because it is felt to be undesirable or wrong
people who scorned traditional methodsPeople scorn me as a single parent.
Synonyms
despise,
reject,
disdain,
slight,
scout (archaic),
snub,
shun,
be above,
spurn,
rebuff,
deride,
flout,
look down on,
scoff at,
make fun of,
sneer at,
hold in contempt,
turn up your nose at (informal),
contemn,
curl your lip at,
consider beneath you
in the sense of sham
Definition
not real or genuine
The election has been denounced as a sham by world leaders.
Synonyms
false,
artificial,
bogus,
pretended,
mock,
synthetic,
imitation,
simulated,
pseudo (informal),
counterfeit,
feigned,
spurious,
ersatz,
pseud (informal),
phoney or phony (informal)
in the sense of sneer
There is too great a readiness to sneer at anything they do.
Synonyms
scorn,
mock,
ridicule,
laugh,
jeer,
disdain,
scoff,
deride,
look down on,
snigger,
sniff at,
gibe,
hold in contempt,
hold up to ridicule,
turn up your nose (informal)
in the sense of sport
Definition
playful or good-humoured joking
Had themselves a bit of sport first, didn't they?
Synonyms
fun,
kidding (informal),
joking,
teasing,
ridicule,
joshing (slang),
banter,
frolic,
jest,
mirth,
merriment,
badinage,
raillery
in the sense of spurious
Definition
not genuine or real
a spurious framework for analysis
Synonyms
false,
bogus,
sham,
pretended,
artificial,
forged,
fake,
mock,
imitation,
simulated,
contrived,
pseudo (informal),
counterfeit,
feigned,
ersatz,
specious,
unauthentic,
phoney or phony (informal)
in the sense of taunt
Definition
to tease or provoke (someone) with jeering remarks
Other youths taunted him about his clothes.
Synonyms
jeer,
mock,
tease,
ridicule,
provoke,
insult,
torment,
sneer,
deride,
revile,
twit,
take the piss (out of) (taboo, slang),
guy (informal),
gibe
in the sense of tease
Definition
to make fun of (someone) in a provocative and often playful manner
He teased me mercilessly about going there.
Synonyms
mock,
bait,
wind up (British, slang),
worry,
bother,
provoke,
annoy,
needle (informal),
plague (informal),
rag,
rib (informal),
torment,
ridicule,
taunt,
aggravate (informal),
badger,
pester,
vex,
goad,
bedevil,
take the mickey out of (informal),
twit,
take the piss out of (taboo, slang),
chaff,
guy (informal),
gibe,
pull someone's leg (informal),
make fun of
in the sense of thwart
Definition
to prevent or foil
They were doing all they could to thwart the opposition.
Synonyms
frustrate,
stop,
foil,
check,
defeat,
prevent,
oppose,
snooker,
baffle,
hinder,
obstruct,
impede,
balk,
outwit,
stymie,
cook someone's goose (informal),
put a spoke in someone's wheel (informal)
in the sense of travesty
Definition
a grotesque imitation or mockery
If he couldn't prepare his case properly the trial would be a travesty.
Synonyms
mockery,
distortion,
parody,
caricature,
sham,
send-up (British, informal),
spoof (informal),
perversion,
takeoff (informal),
lampoon,
burlesque

Additional synonyms

in the sense of wind someone up
Definition
to tease or annoy
You're joking. Come on, you're just winding me up.
Synonyms
tease,
kid (informal),
have someone on (informal),
annoy,
rag (informal),
rib (informal),
josh (informal),
vex,
make fun of,
take the mickey out of (informal),
send someone up (informal),
pull someone's leg (informal),
jerk or yank someone's chain (informal)
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